Angel Island exhibit looks at border surveillance technology

Visitors to the Angel Island Immigration Museum can explore a new temporary exhibit examining border-surveillance technology through May 25, thanks to a collaboration with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

“Border Surveillance: Places, People and Technology,” which opened April 2 at the museum on Angel Island State Park in Tiburon, features panels detailing technologies used to monitor border crossings — from aerostats and drones to fixed cameras and ground sensors. The exhibit also explores emerging surveillance methods, including augmented reality and artificial intelligence.

Edward Tepporn, executive director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation that oversees the museum, said that while the digital-privacy nonprofit developed the exhibit independently, he was proud the museum serves as its inaugural venue.

“Part of the interest in hosting it is that the work that we’ve done at the foundation, in collaboration with Angel Island State Park, over the past 40-plus years has been about lifting up the history of immigration through Angel Island, but also how it connects to current-day immigration,” Tepporn said.

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