CBP Memo Pushes for ‘Smart Border Wall’

The directive calls for completion of the southwest border wall, ‘including all associated technology, as quickly as possible.’

An Illegal immigrant walks down a slope of Otay Mountain in San Diego County on Feb. 29, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) memo issued on the first day of the second Trump administration pushes for the expansion of a “smart border wall” along the southwest boundary.

Smart border walls use surveillance technologies, including cameras, drones, biometrics, and motion sensors, to stop illegal migration and track illegal immigrants.