MIT Technology Review investigation: the deadly failures of America's virtual border wall
Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall
What happened
A MIT Technology Review investigation documents more than a thousand people who died after going undetected or unintercepted in areas covered by surveillance towers along the U.S. southern border. Some were within view of newly installed AI-powered detection towers. The United States has spent billions of dollars over the past 25 years building this “virtual wall,” whose basic safety promises have repeatedly failed, the report says.
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