The Angel Island Immigration Museum showcases an exhibit titled 'Border Surveillance: Places, People and Technology' that runs until Memorial Day weekend. Presented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, this exhibit explores various surveillance technologies employed along the U.S.-Mexico border, including blimps, drones, and ground cameras. Matthew Guariglia emphasized that the setting is significant due to Angel Island's historical role in the immigration process, noting it illustrates the government’s long-standing surveillance practices and their effects on immigrant lives.
"It is an one-on-one nutshell education about the reality of all the surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border, how it functions, what type of equipment is there and how it's impacting real people's lives at the border," said Matthew Guariglia."
"If you're looking at a place where the government has been able to show a history of throwing its power around in terms of restricting access to the United States, surveilling immigrants and denying entry into the country—Angel Island is your first stop for understanding the history of how the U.S. government has surveilled immigrants," stated Guariglia.
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