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Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

Tuesday, September 22, 2026MIT Technology ReviewView original
The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. But a groundbreaking investigation by MIT Technology Review has documented over a thousand people who moved through areas watched by these towers…