Source: The American Prospect
by James Baratta
“Santa Cruz County, Arizona, is the smallest county in the Grand Canyon State, but its location makes it significant. Home to more than 50,000 people, the vast majority of whom identify as Hispanic or Latino, the county is located in the southernmost part of central Arizona and shares a 54-mile stretch of border with the Mexican state of Sonora. Along this stretch of land is Nogales, the county’s administrative seat and a major port of entry into the United States; millions of people and billions of dollars in trade pass through it every year. Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, are bisected by a demarcation line established by the purchase, six years after the Mexican-American War, of Mexican land by the United States. But the sister cities — collectively referred to as Ambos Nogales — comprise a single urban area characterized by high levels of cross-border interaction and a common culture.” (08/05/25)
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-08-05-border-surveillance-algorithms/