The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
Investigation reveals AI border surveillance towers fail to prevent deaths, with no comprehensive effectiveness audit conducted by CBP.
A detailed investigation into the US border's 'virtual wall' reveals that AI-enabled surveillance towers have failed to prevent migrant deaths, with cases of both detection failures and agent non-response. The report notes that CBP has never conducted a comprehensive audit of tower effectiveness, despite plans to spend $1 billion expanding the system.