# Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

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> **Original Source**: [MIT Technology Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/28/1144890/roundtables-the-deadly-failures-of-the-virtual-border-wall/)
> **Author**: MIT Technology Review (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Monday, September 28, 2026
> **Category**: RESEARCH
> **Tags**: AI, MIT Technology Review, research

## Executive Summary
Listen to the session or watch below 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.



## Full Coverage
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