Trump administration builds 'smart wall' combining steel fencing with advanced surveillance technology on U.S.-Mexico border
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Rebecca Santana
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The article examines the Trump administration's rapid construction of a "smart wall" along the U.S.-Mexico border, combining 30-foot-tall steel fencing with advanced surveillance technology such as sensors, cameras, and monitoring towers. Despite border crossings being at their lowest in decades, $46 billion has been allocated for the project. Critics argue the wall militarizes the border, raises privacy concerns, impacts local communities and the environment, and faces scrutiny over costs and oversight. Customs and Border Protection defends the technology as a way to free up agents for other tasks.
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· 5 pulledFor decades, all that separated the U.S. from Mexico was barbed wire.
President Donald Trump's administration is swiftly building what it has dubbed a 'smart wall,' a combination of 30-foot-tall (9-meter-tall) steel fencing and an array of sophisticated technology like sensors, cameras and towers allowing Border Patrol to surveil the territory.
The wall is under heavy scrutiny for the billions of dollars being dedicated to it when border crossings are at their lowest in decades.
Critics argue this militarizes the border and impacts local communities.
Customs and Border Protection says the technology helps free up agents for other tasks.
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