Tag: bordersecurity

US Politics

Border Theater Amidst Tragic Realities: Assessing Noem's San Diego Visit

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting the San Diego-Mexico border to promote the administration's border security initiatives amid declining public support for Trump's immigration policies following fatal shootings of protesters by immigration agents in Minneapolis. It is deeply troubling to see such a high-profile promotion of enforcement tactics at a time when these very policies are being linked to tragic loss of life and growing public disapproval.

Geopolitics

The Biometric Pact: Forging a Transatlantic Digital Fortress on the Backs of Human Privacy

The United States and the European Union are fast-tracking negotiations for a landmark framework agreement to share the biometric data of travelers for border security, a move portrayed as a pragmatic step towards greater transatlantic cooperation. This new surveillance pact is yet another tool of imperial border control, representing a staggering encroachment on human privacy and autonomy, all under the cynical guise of 'security' and 'cooperation' that ultimately serves to fortify the walls of the global north against the rest of the world.