MIT: US border 'virtual wall' fails to save lives

MIT Technology Review published an investigation into failures of the US-Mexico border surveillance tower network: broken towers, algorithms that miss people, and agents who ignore alerts. More than 1,050 people died near the towers, and the US plans to spend $1 billion to triple the system by 2034.

• More than 1,050 people died near virtual wall towers
• CBP does not publish a tower map and has never audited effectiveness
• US to spend $1 billion tripling the system by 2034
• Anduril builds new towers and keeps winning major contracts