“It’s like seeing the eye of Sauron hanging over your city.”From Francesca D'Annunzio in our magazine: A massive #surveillance tower looming over Juárez is just part of a AI-powered network that extends far beyond the Texas-Mexico border. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-chihuahua-border-ai-surveillance-centinela/ #AI #tech #border #immigration #police #HumanRights #privacy #politics #USpol #Texas #Mexico

#ICYMI: Nearly 1.5M Texans now live in jurisdictions where sheriffs or police chiefs have agreed to train some of their officers to act as #immigration agents in the streets of their communities. These agreements currently cover around 30 #Texas law enforcement agencies. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-task-force-galveston-beaumont-tyler/ #politics #USpol #ICE #Trump #police #fascism #news #border