The 30-foot-tall steel fencing will include an array of sophisticated technology like sensors, cameras and towers allowing Border Patrol to surveil the territory.

The United States is rapidly building what it calls a “smart wall” on the Mexico border, combining tall steel fencing with advanced technology like sensors and cameras

PHOENIX (AP) — For decades, all that separated the U.S. from Mexico was barbed wire.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said recently that a preliminary part of the wall will be finished by “this time next year.”

The 30-foot-tall steel fencing will include an array of sophisticated technology like sensors, cameras and towers allowing Border Patrol to surveil the territory.

CBP is building 6 miles a week while deploying AI towers and sensors, reviving a once-failed “virtual wall” model as oversight concerns grow.