In a breaking world, books are a labour of love. After 6 years, #TheWallsHaveEyes is (almost) here! It is a global story of border surveillance, where your body is your passport and matters of life and death are determined by algorithm. 📖May 21st

RT @mjnblack: HNY to me! New Thiel Foundation 990 (from 2023) just dropped. Always a fun way to follow Peter Thiel's interests. He's not a….

RT @GeorgetownCPT: We are thrilled that these smart, talented, creative and caring individuals have agreed to serve on our new advisory boa….

Guaranteed growth for the border industrial complex as well.

"When we awaken to the call of beauty,” [Irish poet John} O’Donohue writes, “we become aware of new ways of being in the world.”. Beautiful end-of-year reflection by @memomiller The Border Chronicle 🦂🔥on borders, ecocide, pecan trees and watermelons too.

RT @UW_CSTV: Canada Border Services is adopting a #FacialRecognition system "ReportIn" to track migrants, an alternative to worse options t….

Quick reflection for @ConversationCA on Canada’s announcement to expand surveillance at its US border to “appease” incoming Trump administration, bowing down to politics and fears of tariffs over saving human lives and international human rights obligation

RT @timnitGebru: We were in the middle of so many things that I didn’t have time to appropriately share this article which made it clear th….

RT @citizenlab: Check out this powerful story from @CBCTheNational where host @adriearsenault speaks with the Citizen Lab’s @RonDeibert and….

RT @isisnaucratis: "Two twin sisters who received a fellowship to join @UWaterloo in the PhD program for System design engineering, have be….

RT @lorenzo_tondo: EXCLUSIVE After the fall of #Assad in #Syria, EU members are attempting to force out #Syrian #asylum seekers by pressing….

RT @LawAndDis: The Violent Use of AI as Border Enforcement. NOW STREAMING. @_PMolnar, head of @RefugeeLawLab, @migration_tech monitor and a….

Details on parameters of the tech continue to not be totally clear, but some indication of what an expansion of the surveillance tower system could look like: ..writes @shaun_robs @vtdigger . Links to 2021 plans here:

Proposing measures to “strengthen the integrity of the immigration system,” remove “irritants for the US,” introduce legislative amendments to expand Canada’s discretion to revoke, change, cancel existing applications when “deemed in the public interest” and “illegitimate claims”.

After extending the Safe Third Country Agreement and introducing partial visa applications from Mexico, “staggering drop in applications,” again relying on the framing of illegal migration. But, “we took action.” IRCC will share information with USA including vetting and fraud.

Border plan will “expand and depend relationship” between Canada and U.S through data sharing and operational support. These plans augment the decisive plans at the frontier. Asylum also addressed, but once again framed in a security paradigm and as a way to protect against fraud.

Aerial intelligence task force will provide “round the clock surveillance.” CBSA mandate will also expand. Canada also strategized with “the incoming border czar” to deepens operational collaboration… it’s good for the tax payers” resulting in a Join Operational Strike Force.

Framed around politics of difference and once again relying on the trope of the “great crisis of migration,” Canada’s new border plan will cost $1.3 billion to secure the border, once again linking asylum with trafficking and crime and “minimizing border volumes to the US.”.

🚨The Great White North: To appease the incoming Trump administration (and avoid a 25% import tariff), Canada expands #bordertech, including counter surveillance for the RCMP, 24/7 surveillance btw ports of entry, helicopters, drones, and mobile towers.

RT @nkeung: #BorderSecurityPlan: RCMP will deploy a new Aerial Intelligence Task Force comprised of helicopters, drones, and mobile surveil….