The Neocolonial Boundary with Todd Miller

<p>The world has a lot of borders, but very few people understand what it means for the ordinary citizen and how it affects their lives. The problem this century is that these borders are not decided by people, in order to best serve them. Instead, there is a multi-tiered system that gives some humans some rights and many corporations a free-for all. Today, journalist Todd Miller, and author of Empire of Borders and<a target="_blank" href="http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/build-bridges-not-walls-a-journey-to-a-world-without-borders/"> Build Bridges and Not Walls</a>, joins us to discuss the meaning of the borders and why we may need a world without borders.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Show Notes</p><p>0:43 - The Crisis at the Kenya-Tanzania borders: Tanzanian police are attempting to evict a big swath of the Massai people at the behest of a trophy hunting company. </p><p>2:15 - Ending the cliche that the immigration system is broken but working as intended. </p><p>4:15 - Orwellian technology at the border</p><p>5:50 - Border Patrol Memo from 1994 - “The border was created for mortal danger”</p><p>The preknowledge that people would die is built into the system.</p><p>7:40 - The border budget exceeded $25 billion in 2020. </p><p>10:41 - “ There were a 105,000 contracts given to private companies just by CPB and ice which was $55 billion. The $55 billion given to companies over the 12 year old span was more than the amount given between 1975-2023”</p><p>12:25 - The logistics and services by private companies. “In 2022, there were drones, unmanned aerial drones. The CPB has a contractor for predator B drones” </p><p>15:30 - Request for proposals for a small drone system equipped with a facial recognition system</p><p>16:50 - Does the US government conduct surveillance on people who have never set foot inside the US because of the border technology?</p><p>19:00 - The border patrol shot into Mexico and killed someone</p><p>23:10 - “The nothing that happens in the other 97 case (where the US border patrol shot into Mexi