Marketplace Tech · Thursday, October 1, 2026
An investigation by MIT Technology Review and The Times of San Diego found that over 1,000 migrants have died in the last decade within range of U.S. government surveillance cameras along the southern border. Despite billions spent on systems including AI-powered autonomous towers, the technology has largely failed to prevent these fatalities, with some deaths occurring within the visible sightlines of cameras.
“But a recent investigation by MIT Technology Review with The Times of San Diego found more than 1,000 migrants have died over the last decade within range of one of these cameras.”
“And then in 2018, the agency began to roll out Andurl's AI-powered autonomous surveillance towers.”
“And we did find that in some areas, like 10 to 15% of the deaths that occurred were visible to towers.”