Border Surveillance Tools Could Become Ubiquitous Nationwide: Report

Border Surveillance Tools Could Become Ubiquitous Nationwide: Report
A surveillance tower sits at the U.S.–Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz., on May 23, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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Drones, towers, license plate readers, and other surveillance tools comprise a “digital border wall” that threatens privacy and civil liberties, according to a new report from three immigration advocacy groups.

The Deadly Digital Border Wall report criticizes law enforcement’s surveillance of the U.S.-Mexico border, but the tools described in the report could be—and have been—used against all American residents as the government ramps up programs to counter domestic extremism.