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The Everyday Mistreatment of Transfronterizo Commuters on the Mexico-U.S. Border: A Q&A with Borderlands Scholar Estefanía Castañeda Pérez

Crossing the border everyday brings the normalization of surveillance and interrogation, but what happens if you refuse to comply with the CBP facial recognition camera?

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Todd Miller
Mar 03, 2022
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Photo of Estefanía Castañeda Pérez by Alejandro Tamayo.

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In Tuesday’s State of the Union, President Joe Biden began his comments about the U.S. border and immigration system by saying, “If we are to advance liberty and justice, we need to secure the border.” According to research done by fronteriza scholar Estefanía Castañeda Pérez, this statement does no…

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