Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

Watch a subscriber-only conversation examining the failures of border surveillance technology.

Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

TL;DR

  • The US has spent billions on surveillance towers at the southern border for 25 years.
  • These towers were meant to detect and apprehend border crossers, and save lives.
  • An investigation documented over a thousand deaths in areas monitored by these towers.
  • Some deaths occurred in areas watched by new AI-powered surveillance towers.
  • These findings highlight a humanitarian crisis and failures in border surveillance technology.