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“Disgusting subhuman shit:” Border Patrol Agent’s Actions and Attitudes Reflect Agency’s Violent Culture

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A Border Officer Told Me I Couldn’t Opt Out of the Face Recognition Scan. They Were Wrong.

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“Disgusting subhuman shit:” Border Patrol Agent’s Actions and Attitudes Reflect Agency’s Violent Culture

While on duty in 2017, Border Patrol agent Matthew Bowen was driving in a government-issued pickup truck when he saw Antolin Rolando Lopez-Aguilar, a migrant from Guatemala, attempting to cross into the United States.

December 11, 2019

Here’s How Fort Worth is Setting Up its New Police Monitor For Failure

This piece originally published in the Fort-Worth Star Telegram.

December 9, 2019

A Border Officer Told Me I Couldn’t Opt Out of the Face Recognition Scan. They Were Wrong.

“Look at the camera,” a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer told me as I approached the primary inspection point at the Paso del Norte port of entry.

“Is that the face recognition technology?” I asked. “If so, I want to opt-out.”

“Look at the camera.”

December 5, 2019

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