Spy Blimps in the Sky: The Increasing Surveillance of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

A deep look with the Electronic Frontier Foundation at the fortification of surveillance on the border. As Nogales mayor Arturo Garino asked: “Would you want to have a blimp above your house?”

A remote video surveillance system and aerostat in Nogales, Arizona. (Photo credit: Todd Miller)

In southern Arizona the newest indication of increasing technological surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico border is the tethered aerostat in the middle of the border city of Nogales, about a mile north of the international boundary. As indicated by Customs and Bo…