McNair Summer Research Program
Faculty Mentor(s)
Cid Martinez
Publication Date
Summer 8-8-2025
Disciplines
Criminology | Criminology and Criminal Justice | Fourteenth Amendment | Fourth Amendment | Law | Politics and Social Change | Privacy Law | Public Interest | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
The following qualitative study examines a new increase of technological surveillance used on immigrants by San Diego’s local law enforcement. Drawing from in-depth interviews of the San Diego Privacy Advisory Board and Trust SD, insights of technological related violations are sanctioned by the San Diego Police Department. This is done through ambiguous language regarding “criminal investigations” and lack of definitive use policy, despite several memorandums and recommendations by the SD Privacy Advisory Board. Present findings reveal a duality of immigrant surveillance instigating hyper-visible tracking and broadcasting an image of their criminality. This study contributes to scholarship or crimmigration and urban surveillance as it highlights the present effects of lack of accountability and transparency in data-driven policing in today’s political climate.
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Criminology Commons, Criminology and Criminal Justice Commons, Fourteenth Amendment Commons, Fourth Amendment Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Privacy Law Commons, Public Interest Commons, Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance Commons