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Company behind robot-dogs headed to US-Mexico border insists they cannot malfunction

‘There’s no way they’re going to be taking over anything’

The Independent UK

Dystopian robot dogs are the latest in a long history of US-Mexico border surveillance

Activists have argued that the tools in use – drones and towers equipped with night vision and radar – make the region dangerous to migrants

The Guardian - US

Court Trashes Trump-Era Rules That Prevented Asylum Seekers From Working Legally

But bureaucratic backlogs mean it's still taking far too long for them to get to work.

Reason

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SA government-run disability care service slammed after client was 'left in faeces and urine'

SA's health services watchdog delivers a damning report into the care of a man with a disability found with infected wounds and in his own excrement while being cared for in a state government facility.

ABC News

DHS ‘surging staff’ to prevent Super Bowl disruption by US ‘freedom convoy’ truckers, says Jen Psaki

‘There’s already 500 DHS personnel providing extensive air and maritime security resources’

The Independent UK

Homeland Security Is Already Mobilizing Against Potential Protests by U.S. Truckers

Plus: The EARN It Act advances, against climate despair, and more...

Reason

Jean Guerrero: Biden’s border surveillance empire should scare you regardless of politics

President Joe Biden largely halted construction on his predecessor’s border wall, which Democrats decried as inhumane. But he never stopped the Department of Homeland Security from using the border as a testing ground for dystopian military and surveillance technologies — including, most recently, headless robot dogs.

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U.S. warns protest convoys could hit Super Bowl

DHS says it "has received reports of truck drivers planning to potentially block roads."

Axios

DHS Keeps Crying Wolf About Domestic Extremists

Plus: Psychedelic decriminalization efforts, how cities throttle small businesses, and more…

Reason

AOC hits out at potential use of ‘robot dogs’ to patrol US border

This isn’t the first time the congresswoman has taken issue with robot dogs after slamming the NYPD’s use of the tech last year

The Independent UK

Biden Is Deporting Venezuelans Fleeing Socialism, Despite Condemning Trump for the Same Practice

"It's abundantly clear he has no regard for the suffering of the Venezuelan people," then–presidential candidate Biden said of Trump's deportation flights.

Reason

US tests of robotic patrol dogs on Mexican border prompt outcry

Civil liberties group urges Washington to cancel programme to prevent ‘slide into anti-immigrant dystopia’

The Guardian - UK

US planning to deploy robot dogs to patrol southern border with Mexico

Move has come under fire by critics who say the dogs will increase dehumanising conditions

The Independent UK

The immigration police have officially added robot dogs to their arsenal

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will now send mechanical pooches to patrol the Southwest.

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The Guardian - US

Trump reportedly directed Giuliani to press officials to seize voting machines

Sources say Giuliani called Department of Homeland Security six weeks after Trump’s defeat by Joe Biden, New York Times reports

Roll Call

Thousands of Afghan evacuees in 'legal limbo' in US - Roll Call

Roughly 36,000 Afghans who were evacuated in August lack a direct pathway to permanent residency in the U.S., according to a new DHS report.

The Independent UK

Security beefed up in Washington DC ahead of major anti-vaxx rally

‘United States is in a period of heightened threat,’ DHS says

The Guardian - UK

France to ease restrictions; Austrian parliament approves mandatory vaccination – as it happened

French PM says from February work from home guidance will be changed and nightclubs reopen; Austria will have Europe’s first universal jabs mandate

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Benzinga

Parsons Secures $100M Task Order For US Department Of Homeland Security COVID-19 Testing

Parsons Corp (NYSE:PSN) has secured a task order to provide testing solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities across the U.S. The award includes a one-year base and two one-year option periods for a potential total value of more…

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