Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

MIT Technology Review · 3 weeks ago · 20 ● 4 sources

MIT Technology Review reports that the US “virtual wall” of surveillance towers has repeatedly failed to detect and apprehend people, even when AI-powered towers were newly installed. It documented over 1,000 people who moved through tower-watched areas without being reached or apprehended and who later died. This reframes the effort as a visible humanitarian crisis and prompts scrutiny of border surveillance technology and its basic security promise.