State Route 188, also known as Tecate Road, is an about two-mile state highway in the U.S. state of California that connects State Route 94 in San Diego County with the Mexico – United States border.
SR 188, with Tecate in the background
The international boundary separating Mexico and United States extends from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. The border traverses a variety of terrains, ranging from urban areas to deserts. It
U.S. Border Patrol at Algodones Sand Dunes, California. The fence on the U.S.–Mexican border is a special construction of narrow, 4.6 m (15 ft) tall elements that are movable vertically. This way, they can be lifted on top of the ever-shifting dunes.
Border Patrol patrolling the Rio Grande in an airboat in Laredo, Texas
The start of the border fence in the state of New Mexico – just west of El Paso, Texas
U.S. Border Patrol helicopter along El Camino del Diablo, Arizona–Sonora border, 2004