Marketplace Tech · Thursday, October 1, 2026
While an investigation highlighted potential technological failures in border surveillance, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated that people, not the technology, are ultimately making decisions leading to fatalities. However, CBP did not respond to most of the extensive questions submitted by the investigators.
“didn't respond to most of our questions, but did highlight that for them, It is not the technology that is making the decision that ultimately it is still people that are making decisions that are leading to these fatalities.”