A border wall is being built along portions of the Mexico–United States border in an attempt to reduce illegal immigration to the United States from Mexico. The barrier is not a continuous structure b
Border fence near El Paso, Texas, in the mid-2000s
Border fence between San Diego's border patrol offices in California, U.S. (left) and Tijuana, Mexico (right)
Two men scale the border fence into Mexico near Douglas, Arizona, in 2009
The United States Border Patrol in the Algodones Dunes, California
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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
Mexico–United States border wall
…A border wall is being built along portions of the Mexico–United States border in an attempt to reduce illegal immigration to the United States from Mexico. The barrier is not a continuous structure but a series of obstructions…
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