Angel Island opens a new exhibit focusing on the U.S.-Mexico border's 'virtual wall' amidst Trump's immigration policies. Once a site for processing detained asylum seekers, the island's museum aims to educate the public about exclusionary immigration practices, including the Chinese Exclusion Act. The exhibit details the extensive surveillance infrastructure employed at the border, providing insights into its implications for privacy and human rights. The initiative underscores the ongoing challenges faced by immigrants today, linking past injustices to modern-day policies and technologies of exclusion.
"The exhibit provides a kind of border surveillance 101 for others who might not be aware of the privacy-impeding technology already creating a barrier between the U.S. and its southern neighbor."
"The museum on the island now serves as an educational site for Americans who don't know as much as they should about the Chinese Exclusion Act and subsequent exclusionary efforts."
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