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Border Tension Index

One glanceable number, 0–100, for what the US-MX border feels like right now. Aggregates wait anomalies, closures, NASA-tracked natural events, and commercial wait magnitude. Updates every 60 seconds. Higher = more friction.

Clear · Despejado

0/ 100

Calculated just now

Wait anomalies0/32

0 bridges > 1.5× baseline

Closures0/24

0 bridges not reporting

Natural events0/24

0 EONET events within 100km

Commercial wait0/20

Avg 3 min across major freight bridges

What’s contributing right now

0 signals

No active anomalies, closures, or nearby natural events. The corridor is reading clear.

Per-port snapshot

Bridge	Now	Typical	Ratio	Seen
Laredo230401	offline	—	—	1 min ago
Laredo230402	0 min	52 min	0.0×	1 min ago
Laredo230403	offline	0 min	—	1 min ago
Eagle Pass230301	offline	14 min	—	1 min ago
Eagle Pass230302	15 min	42 min	0.4×	1 min ago
Hidalgo/Pharr230501	0 min	18 min

Civic infrastructure signals

US–MX border · primary sources

Structural decisions happening in the region that affect corridor capacity. Not in the BTI calculation yet — surfaced for situational awareness.

🏗️
Harlingen $14B data center moratorium · May–Jun 2026
City of Harlingen is weighing a moratorium on new data center permits ahead of May and June public hearings. Proposed buildout would add significant industrial water and power load to the corridor — outcome affects freight infrastructure investment timing.
Source: public hearing notices · Harlingen city council · May 2026
📷
ALPR / Flock camera vulnerabilities · RGV municipalities
Automatic License Plate Reader cameras (Flock Safety network) deployed across RGV municipalities have documented security vulnerabilities. Reported by Moroles investigation. Relevant to commercial carrier privacy and cross-border tracking compliance.
Source: Moroles investigation · ongoing
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Palantir ImmigrationOS · federal deployment
DHS is expanding use of Palantir's ImmigrationOS platform for cross-agency enforcement coordination at the southern border. Affects secondary inspection volume and processing times at commercial crossings.
Source: public contract records · DHS procurement · 2026

What we don’t measure yet

BTI is computed from inputs we already collect. The following signals are pending and will lift confidence when wired:

DOS travel advisories
DOF MX gov bulletins
CBP secondary inspection counts

Substrate transparency over surface polish — see historical wait data for per-bridge patterns and anomalies on the home map.