The emergence of a ubiquitous surveillance state may be symbolized by the National Security Agency (NSA), but according to journalist Todd Miller those in the United States should also be looking to the nation’s borders. It is there that a creeping militarization threatens – in the name of protecting the country – to encroach upon […]

You’ve been reporting about the border for several years now, what made you decide to focus on border patrol and what surprised you the most in your findings? One of the first acts of journalism that I did was photograph a crew from the U.S. Army corps of engineers when they were building the wall […]

Todd Miller speaks with Truthout about his new book, Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security and about how the public is unaware that this country’s borders are being transformed into heavily militarized zones, north and south. http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/24167-border-patrol-nation-us-creates-war-zones-at-boundaries-with-mexico-canada

Hour 2: In recent years, the U.S. Border Patrol has expanded its reach into everything from surveillance to security at the Super Bowl. We’ll talk about the organization’s increased presence in our everyday lives with Todd Miller, author of Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights Publishers). http://www.kera.org/2014/05/05/life-beyond-the-border/

Did you know that Customs and Border Protection is now the largest law enforcement agency in the US, spurring a huge border-industrial complex? Find out more about border protection by checking out this edition of APA! http://wortfm.org/todd-miller-border-patrol-nation/

Please, click on the link to go to the interview. We have a nice discussion about Border Patrol Nation.   http://kboo.fm/content/borderpatrolnationdispatchesfromthefrontlinesofhomel

The interview begins like this.. “Fear is big business, and managing that fear along our nation’s 5,000 border miles is a booming industry.” See the entire interview, by Joanne Zuhl, here: http://news.streetroots.org/2014/04/23/border-war-author-todd-miller-talks-about-increasing-militarization-our-borders

With the agility of a seasoned Border Patrol veteran, the woman rushed after the students. She caught up with them just before they entered the exhibition hall of the eighth annual Border Security Expo, reaching out and grabbing the nearest of them by the shoulder. Slightly out of breath, she said, “You can’t go in […]

Texas Observer: You cover a lot of territory in this book. It’s a very thorough examination of how the notion of border security and the U.S. Border Patrol has changed since 9/11. Todd Miller: Yes, I wanted to really focus on the expansion of the agency and what that means in one sense and also […]

“We talked with Author Todd Miller on his recently published book, Border Patrol Nation. The book gives first-hand encounters with people who are most involved with and impacted by the Border Patrol and the change into high-end technology, weapons, surveillance and prisons.” http://marfapublicradio.org/blog/talk-at-ten/author-todd-miller-on-his-new-book-border-patrol-nation/