How many times have I said the big beautiful wall is to keep us IN? Well, here ya go...

[Hekate]

United States Customs and Border Protection plans to log every person leaving the country by vehicle by taking photos at border crossings of every passenger and matching their faces to their passports, visas, or travel documents, WIRED has learned.

The escalated documentation of travelers could be used to track how many people are self-deporting, or leave the US voluntarily, which the Trump administration is fervently encouraging to people in the country illegally.

CBP exclusively tells WIRED, in response to an inquiry to the agency, that it plans to mirror the current program it’s developing—photographing every person entering the US and match their faces with their travel documents—to the outbound lanes going to Canada and Mexico. The agency currently does not have a system that monitors people leaving the country by vehicle.

And more… by the way, Palantir is getting the contract.


https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-face-recognition-exit-us-border/#:~:text=United%20States%20Customs%20and%20Border%20Protection%20plans,visas%2C%20or%20travel%20documents%2C%20WIRED%20has%20learned.

[Hekate]

1. Self kick

[BoRaGard]

2. "All your freedom are belong to us, Suckers." - Krasnov (R-Felon) & KGOP Kronies, Inc.

[Cha]

3. Fascist Assholes. I'm really glad I got

to travel to Canada and Mexico when I lived in New York and San Diego.

And, I do feel for People who want to take trips to those Countries but have to worry about Gestapo like Tactics by the US Fascist Regime.

Mahalo, Hekate

[tavernier]

4. Does that include cruises?

Mexico is a very popular cruise destination for thousands yearly. Close and inexpensive.

[onethatcares]

5. yes

up the gangplank and your pic is taken at Customs. Facial recognition style.

[GulfofMexico]

6. JFK at the Berlin Wall, June 26, 1963:

"Freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people inside."

Until now, I guess.

When I remember the charisma, intelligence, youth, and eloquence of John F. Kennedy, and I see the decadence, senility, criminality and gibberish of Trump and MAGA now, well, the disconnect is so jarring I can hardly stand it.

Kennedy started the Peace Corps. Trump abolishes USAID and silences the Voice of America.

Kennedy stood up to Russia in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Trump is a Russian agent trying to hand Ukraine to Putin while he dismantles American democracy.

That's all. But if you've never seen Years of Lightning, Day of Drums, a film about the Kennedy years, look it up. Perhaps it will give you hope.

[Hekate]

7. I was a kid of 13 when the Berlin Wall went up -- thought it would be there forever...

I remember JFK going there to say, “I am also a Berliner— we stand with you.” Well, people remember he said “Ich bin ein Berliner,” true enough, but there was more.

Dammit, what the hell happened to us?

Thanks for the recommend.