Opinion

Column: What I learned while reporting on border surveillance

Strategically-placed license plate readers, drones, Buckeye cameras and surveillance towers are tracking more than unauthorized border crossings.
KJZZ

New surveillance 'smart wall' and physical barriers coming to Arizona-Sonora border

DHS says it's awarded five new contracts and a total of $3.3 billion to contractors building the so-called smart wall.
New Haven Register

Rancher sues Border Patrol chief, ranger after finding cameras on his land

An Encinal rancher and attorney is suing federal and state law enforcement for allegedly trespassing and installing a surveillance camera on his property without his consent. Ricardo D. Palacios filed ...
The Texas Observer

The Eyes of Chihuahua

The 20-story Torre Centinela looming over Juárez is part of a much larger AI-powered surveillance system that won’t stop at the Texas-Mexico border. Editor’s Note: This story was produced in ...
Houston Public Media

Big Bend region could see border walls, new surveillance tech under Trump’s ‘Smart Wall’ plan

Border walls and new surveillance technology could be coming to the greater Big Bend region and the rest of Texas’ southern border as part of a sweeping “Smart Wall” plan announced by the Trump ...
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Eyes on Us: Surveillance along the U.S. border with Canada and what it means in our towns

Today, in this very moment, cameras, microphones, drones and omnipresent data-scraping software are doing their best to track your every move, creating a narrative of who you are and where you've been ...
Houston Public Media

Border Patrol is monitoring U.S. drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

Alek Schott watches police body camera video of his vehicle search, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, while sitting at his home in Houston. The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers ...
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Millions of Americans scanned by Border Patrol cameras — algorithmic flags lead to searches, charges and ruined lives

The U.S. Border Patrol has quietly expanded its reach far beyond the nation’s borders, using Border Patrol surveillance to monitor millions of American drivers through a secret program designed to ...
The American Prospect

Surveillance at the Border

This article appears in the August 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Santa Cruz County, Arizona, is the smallest county in the Grand Canyon State, but its location makes it ...
WGNO

New surveillance blimps offer more eyes over South Texas border

ZAPATA, Texas (Border Report) — A massive tethered air surveillance blimp hovers over the skies of the rural ranching town of Zapata, Texas. Locals noticed the Tethered Aerostat Radar System earlier ...
The Vindicator

Border Patrol begins nationwide mass surveillance of car drivers

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has ...