Paragraph 1 In the sweltering heat of a Moroccan summer, the quiet, sun-scorched frontier city of Ceuta became an unlikely epicenter of a global political storm. July brought a sudden and chaotic surge of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of migrants and refugees attempting to cross the heavily fortified border from Morocco, braving the deadly breakwaters, treacherous waters, and razor-wire fences in a desperate bid for European soil. The images that flashed across international news channels were visceral: bodies clinging to rocks, parents hoisting children onto Spanish soil, and overwhelmed border guards scrambling under the relentless Mediterranean sun. Yet, long after the…

On a chilly Tuesday evening this week, the fluorescent lights of Shakopee City Hall will flicker to life, casting long shadows over a council chamber likely to be packed to the rafters. This is not the kind of meeting that draws crowds for zoning variances or annual budget adjustments; this is a meeting about eyes in the sky—or more precisely, about unblinking cameras perched on poles at strategic intersections, quietly logging the coming and going of every vehicle that passes beneath them. The topic is Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs), a technology that has become a flashpoint in…