#border-surveillance

#border-surveillance

According to the US Department of Agriculture, SENASICA reported that the infected animal- an 8-month-old cow-had recently been moved to a certified feedlot in Nuevo León from a region in southern Mexico with known active NWS cases. In addition to the proximity, the USDA highlighted that "Sabinas Hidalgo is located near the major highway from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, to Laredo, Texas, which is one of the most heavily trafficked commercial thoroughfares in the world."

Inside a windowless and dark shipping container turned into a high-tech surveillance command center, two analysts peered at their own set of six screens that showed data coming in from an MQ-9 Predator B drone. Both were looking for two adults and a child who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and had fled when a Border Patrol agent approached in a truck.

The launch of ICERAID.us invites civilians to engage in border surveillance, offering crypto rewards for images, but raises concerns over vigilante violence and humanitarian impacts.

"It is an one-on-one nutshell education about the reality of all the surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border, how it functions, what type of equipment is there and how it's impacting real people's lives at the border," said Matthew Guariglia."