MIT Technology Review investigation: more than a thousand people died within coverage of U.S. border AI surveillance towers
The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
What happened
A joint investigation by MIT Technology Review and The Times of San Diego found that more than 1,050 people died between 2015 and early 2026 within the nominal coverage areas of CBP border surveillance towers, including areas covered by nearly two-thirds of the towers analyzed.
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