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Texas ObserverOur top story: Operation Lone Star has turbocharged DPS’ surveillance capabilities. Lawmakers say they want to prevent Texas from becoming a police state but have filed only modest legislation to regulate use of <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/</a><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TXlege</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a>

The Christian Science MonitorPresident Donald Trump’s controversial immigration actions are possible partly because he is enforcing already existing, but rarely used, laws. Supporters see this strategy as common sense, while critics view it as pushing executive power too far. <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0411/trump-alien-enemies-act-old-laws?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0411/trump-alien-enemies-act-old-laws?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub </a>Posted into Now What? <a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor/now-what-nnlgc3bfz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@now-what-csmonitor</a>

MidgePhoto<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@paulb3017" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@paulb3017</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kim_harding</a> you may be right, and/or also many people think life is already complicated. Does zonal pricing imply that the further we are from a wind or solar farm, combustion or fission generator etc, the more we should receive for solar power we export from our roof to the local distribution network?<a href="https://photog.social/tags/electric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electric</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wind</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬How to Lock Down Your <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Phone</a> When Crossing the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Border</a> Here's what you need to know to secure your data. U.S. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Customs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Customs</a> and Border Patrol (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CBP</a>) has long been able to conduct electronic device searches without <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/warrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warrants</a> at the U.S. border, though the rules governing these searches have evolved over time. Prior to 2018, CBP guidance allowed agents to search any device at random, even if they didn't suspect the traveler of any wrongdoing. <a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-lock-down-your-phone-when-crossing-the-us-border" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-lock-down-your-phone-when-crossing-the-us-border</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s memo states that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOD</a> should be provided jurisdiction over lands including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RooseveltReservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RooseveltReservation</a> – a 60-foot-wide swath of land along the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> – for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> purposes including border wall construction & installing detection & monitoring equipment. The memo excludes Federal Indian Reservations.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USexpansionism</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> sent a memorandum to 4 federal department heads Friday night instructing them to allow the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> to use & take jurisdiction of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalLand</a> along the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> – <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USexpansionism</a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/us-mexico-border-federal-land-military-control/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/us-mexico-border-federal-land-military-control/index.html</a>

Patrick<a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialsecurity</a> Why would anyone list emigrants as deceased on social security rolls to end their ability to legally work, and therefore to encourage them to leave the country? This is not who we are as a people. We are better than that. There are right ways to deal with immigration. This is shameful. Whomever decided this was the right thing to do should be ashamed.

Pekka KallioniemiThe <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> is one of the world’s top travel spots, pulling in over 72 million visitors last year and generating $1,3 trillion. But lately, travel from <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> and <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> is down by up to 35%, thanks to <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s talk and scary <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> stories. <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is bankrupting the US.

Working Class GamesGoogle Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along the Mexican BorderGoogle is part of a Customs and Border Protection plan to use machine learning for surveillance, documents reviewed by The Intercept reveal. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/04/03/google-cbp-ai-border-surveillance-ibm-equitus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2025/04/03/google-cbp-ai-border-surveillance-ibm-equitus/</a><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evil</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empire</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#migration</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/borderCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#borderCommunities</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/aiSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aiSucks</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/aiSuuuucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aiSuuuucks</a>

Texas Observer“We’ve kind of forgotten about how big a behemoth the government has become as a surveiller of its populace.” Our top story: Unpacking the millions spent on <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>-based surveillance of the border ... and how the state's gaze has expanded well beyond the edges of our nation. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"An email sent to thousands of people yesterday by the Department of Homeland Security escalates the abuse. The automated note refers to the 'termination of parole' and seeks to frighten its recipients by warning that if they don’t leave the U.S. 'immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal.'”~ Steven Beschloss<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/InsurrectionAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsurrectionAct</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomelandSecurity</a> /13<a href="https://www.americaamerica.news/p/whose-america-is-this-anyway" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.americaamerica.news/p/whose-america-is-this-anyway</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border."~ John Burn-Murdoch quoted by Greg Dworkin<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/InsurrectionAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsurrectionAct</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomelandSecurity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> /10<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/12/2316001/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Trump-s-already-lost-the-public-on-the-economy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/12/2316001/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Trump-s-already-lost-the-public-on-the-economy</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"If you believe Trump will simply stop at pro-Palestinian students, immigrants, and dissidents, then you need to go to the library - while we still have them - and check out books on Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia, and fascism in Europe."~ Wajahat Ali<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/InsurrectionAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsurrectionAct</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomelandSecurity</a> /4<a href="https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/all-hail-the-new-authoritarian-america" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/all-hail-the-new-authoritarian-america</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Trump issued a memo authorizing the military to take over public lands along the southern border."~ ZeteoTeam Zeteo has a link to the memo itself.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/InsurrectionAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsurrectionAct</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomelandSecurity</a> /3<a href="https://zeteo.com/p/this-week-in-democracy-week-12-torture" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://zeteo.com/p/this-week-in-democracy-week-12-torture</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Tonight, Trump signed a memorandum to the secretaries of defense, interior, agriculture, and homeland security calling for a 'Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions.'"~ Heather Cox Richardson<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/InsurrectionAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsurrectionAct</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomelandSecurity</a> /1<a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-11-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-11-2025</a>

pdiff1<a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a> 800-1000 million dollars of cattle come from Mexico to the US every year. They are in Mexico because US cattlemen make $$ selling them to Mexican producers to begin with. Once in the US, the cattle are fed midwest corn worth many more millions. Is That Asshole Guy going to impinge on that? Talk to people living and doing business on La Frontera. They aren’t happy with Trump. He’s F’ing up their gravy train … <a href="https://youtu.be/n2NWeb2UtcM?si=Lq1VJZXEIb6IsDoZ&start=1530" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/n2NWeb2UtcM?si=Lq1VJZXEIb6IsDoZ&start=1530</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a>

beSpacific<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/InsurrectionAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsurrectionAct</a> invoked. Another Executive Order <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Military</a> Mission for Sealing the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Southern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Southern</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Border</a> of US & Repelling <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Invasions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Invasions</a> [?] Declaring a National Emergency at Southern Border of US, 43 U.S.C. 155 is hereby invoked. Secretary of the Interior may make withdrawals, reservations, restrictions of public lands to provide for the utilization of public lands by the Department of Defense to address the emergency at the southern border, without regard to any limitation <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/military-mission-for-sealing-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states-and-repelling-invasions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/military-mission-for-sealing-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states-and-repelling-invasions/</a>

Texas ObserverEarlier: While “restoring the rule of law” to the U.S.-Mexico border has been a resonant and repeated talking point for successive administrations, it is the border walls that they have built, not the border itself, that are lawless. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-lawless-border-wall/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/the-lawless-border-wall/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Geriatric Gardener“The UK’s AI Borders: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Anduril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anduril</a>’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Autonomous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autonomous</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Towers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Towers</a>”by researcher Samuel Storey, hosted by the Migrants’ Rights Network<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@UKLabour</a> “Criminalising people arriving via irregular routes has been a number one priority for successive UK governments. These silent, ever-watching towers are a physical marker of where the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hostile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hostile</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> begins”<a href="https://migrantsrights.org.uk/projects/hostile-office/the-digital-hostile-environment/ai-borders-anduril-autonomous-surveillance-towers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://migrantsrights.org.uk/projects/hostile-office/the-digital-hostile-environment/ai-borders-anduril-autonomous-surveillance-towers/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Migrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Migrant</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Criminalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminalisation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starmer</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Border</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apartheid</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SentryTower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentryTower</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HomeOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeOffice</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Drones</a>

ProPublicaFrom Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans —The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it's cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold immigrants before deportation. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deportation</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigrants</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Border</a>

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