Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall
Watch a subscriber-only conversation examining the failures of border surveillance technology.
TL;DR
- The U.S. has spent billions over 25 years on a "virtual wall" of surveillance towers at its southern border.
- The towers were intended to detect, apprehend, and save lives.
- An investigation documented over a thousand deaths in areas monitored by these towers.
- Some victims died while under the watch of newly installed AI-powered towers.
- The findings indicate a humanitarian crisis and repeated failures of the virtual wall's security promise.