The U.S.-Mexico border in the Sonoran Desert. (Gillfoto, https://tinyurl.com/2pwzffu9; CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
On a hand-painted helipad deep in the Sonoran Desert, a small consumer drone whirs to life. This aircraft is part of a citizen-run program to identify and monitor migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The initiative, known as SEIDARM, was a pet project of Arizona militia leader and anti-immigrant activist Glenn Spencer until his death in January.
While never implemented, SEIDARM consisted of a This article has been indexed from Lawfare
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