The surprising tools CIR used to map the US-Mexico border fence | The Center for Investigative Reporting
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The Center for Investigative Reporting’s collaboration with NPR on the Borderland multimedia project was an unexpected excuse to work on two of my passions: the U.S.-Mexico border fence and historical mapping.
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Journalists at CIR have been trying for more than three years to obtain accurate, detailed mapping data showing the location of the border fence system. The fences – it’s more accurate to say there are many – have cost taxpayers many millions of dollars and are key pieces of border security infrastructure. They’re also a potent symbol that chafes at our Mexican neighbors.
We filed several Freedom of Information Act requests with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and after several appeals, we received limited data showing where individual fence segments start and end. But we were told repeatedly that the actual lines showing the details of the fence segments were sensitive law enforcement information that could give away secrets to drug cartels, illegal border crossers or terrorists.
