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perfect for dig listeners like you.

One that you might like is Empire of Borders,

the expansion of the US border around the world,

by Todd Miller.

The 21st century has witnessed the rapid hardening of

international borders. Security, surveillance, and militarization are widening

the chasm between those who travel where they please

and those whose movements are restricted. But that is only part of the story.

As journalist Todd Miller reveals in Empire of Borders, the nature of U.S. borders has changed.

These boundaries have effectively expanded thousands of miles outside of U.S. territory to encircle not simply American land, but Washington's interests.

Resources, training, and agents from the United States infiltrate the Caribbean and Central America.

They reach across the Canadian border, and they go even farther afield, enforcing the division

between Global South and North.

The highly publicized focus on a wall between the United States and Mexico

misses the bigger picture of strengthening border enforcement around the world. Mrs. that traces the rise of this border regime. It delves into the practice of

extreme vetting which raised the possibility of ideological tests and

cyber policing for migrants and visitors, a level of scrutiny that threatens

fundamental freedoms and allows once again for America's security concerns to

infringe upon the sovereign rights of other nations.

In Syria, Guatemala, Kenya, Palestine, Mexico, the Philippines, and elsewhere, Miller finds that borders aren't making the world safe.

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