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An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion

EFF — Deeplinks · · International · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

A new report from the Government Accounting Office reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to nearly triple the number of surveillance towers along U.S. borders, from the current 830 to 2,300 by 2034. DHS expects to expend $1 billion in taxpayer dollars for this dangerous expansion of a surveillance network indiscriminately trained on towns, school playgrounds, backyards, and vehicles—threatening the privacy and civil liberties of everyone in the border regions. The towers are planned as part of DHS component Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Integrated Surveillance T…

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