CalMatters reported that local residents near the U.S.–Mexico border said covert scanners are being used to track U.S. citizens who leave food and water for migrants.
Those residents told CalMatters the devices follow years in which the Trump administration brought felony charges against humanitarian groups and described the scanners as the latest step in a broader campaign against immigration.
The piece's author wrote they doubted Border Patrol under the Trump administration was conducting such narrowly targeted surveillance and suggested two alternative aims for the scanners: enriching White House donors and mass data collection.
The author warned that if the scanners are intended for mass data intake rather than specific targeting, they would enable broad, non‑selective monitoring by an administration focused on acquiring and storing large amounts of information.
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