We Build the Wall is an organization that solicited donations to build private sections of the wall along the Mexico–U.S. border. It started as a GoFundMe campaign by United States Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage in December 2018. Kolfage announced the formation of a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization in January 2019. By mid-2020, over $25 million had been raised and a 3-mile (4.8 km) section of fence had been built. The organization was involved in the construction of walls along the border in Sunland Park, New Mexico and Mission, Texas.
Panoramic view of the American Dam and Canal, with mountains of Mexico (left) and New Mexico (right). We Build the Wall's private border wall is seen on Mount Cristo Rey in the center background.
Mexico–United States border wall
The Mexico–United States border wall is a series of vertical barriers along the Mexico–United States border intended to reduce illegal immigration to the United States from Mexico. The barrier is not a continuous structure but a series of obstructions variously classified as "fences" or "walls".
Border fence near El Paso, Texas
Border fence between San Diego's border patrol offices in California, US (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
