Todd Miller: CBP, DHS, & ICE Border Militarization Creating Police State

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit geopoliticsandempire.substack.com*The audio version of this podcast episode is available ad-free to Paid Subscribers on Substack (also on Spotify via Substack integration); or on Apple Subscriptions/Supercast for $4.99 a month/$49.99 a year. The free audio version with ads is available via the Spreaker link below or on any podcast player. You can watch the free video version via any of the links below.Todd Miller, a journalist and author specializing in the militarization of the U.S. border, argues that the current expansion of CBP and ICE is a bipartisan trend spanning decades, rather than a phenomenon exclusive to any single administration. He describes a growing “border industrial complex” where private companies profit from surveillance technologies like robotic dogs, AI towers, and biometric databases. These advanced tools and “extra-constitutional powers” are increasingly moving from the borderlands into the interior of the United States, impacting major cities and American citizens. He warns of a transitioning police state where digital walls and mass detention facilities are becoming normalized global standards.Listen/Download on SpreakerWatch on BitChute / Brighteon / Odysee / Rumble / YouTube*Support Geopolitics & Empire!Become a Member Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donationsConsult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation**Listen Ad-Free for $4.99 a Month or $49.99 a Year!Apple Subscriptions Supercast https://geopoliticsandempire.supercast.com***Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors!Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopoliticsAmerican Gold Exchange https://www.amergold.com/geopoliticseasyDNS (15% off with GEOPOLITICS) https://easydns.comEscape The Technocracy (15% off with GEOPOLITICS) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopoliticsOutbound Mexico https://outboundmx.comPassVult https://passvult.comSociatates Civis https://societates-civis.comStartMail https://www.startmail.com/partner/?ref=ngu4nzrWise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopoliticsWebsitesThe Border Chronicle https://www.theborderchronicle.comX https://x.com/memomillerAbout Todd MillerTodd Miller has researched and written about border issues for more than two decades, the last 10 as an independent journalist and writer. He is a longtime resident of Tucson, Arizona, but also spent many years living and working in Oaxaca, Mexico, and grew up in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls region (yes, a long-suffering Bills fan), staring across the U.S. border into Canada. His work has appeared in The New York Times, TomDispatch, The Nation, The San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times, Guernica, and Al Jazeera English, among others. Todd has authored four books: Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World without Borders (City Lights, 2021); Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border around the World (Verso, 2019); Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights, 2014); and Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration and Homeland Security (City Lights, 2017), which was awarded the 2018 Izzy Award for Excellence in Independent Journalism. He’s a contributing editor on border issues for NACLA Report on the Americas. He’s also a Scorpio, which at least partially explains the logo.*Podcast intro music used with permission is from the song “The Queens Jig” by the fantastic “Musicke & Mirth” from their album “Music for Two Lyra Viols”: http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)