Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall
Watch a subscriber-only conversation examining the failures of border surveillance technology.
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.