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For the previous 3 years, we have actually been becoming aware of the border wall.
And we hear a lot from political leaders in Washington and what they believe.
And I wished to really decrease to the southern border and talk with individuals who are living there and see what they believe Think about the wall.
Growing up, I invested every summer season in Texas with my grandparents.
And I have household all over the state.
So I chose to head to Texas to go to as lots of towns as I might along the border, which has to do with 1,200 miles long.
Walls conserve lives.
Walls conserve remarkable varieties of lives.
I was at this Trump rally.
He was speaking in El Paso about a block from the border.
The most significant advocates of open borders are abundant liberals and rich donors.
Here’s what the border wall appears like in El Paso now.
You see the Rio Grand River in the middle, which marks the border for the whole state of Texas, Mexico is on the left side, and the United States is on the right.
For years, this wall was a wire mesh fence.
The huge replacement wall was included simply this year.
What’s fascinating is that there is currently wall the whole time the southern border and considering that President Trump took workplace, no brand-new miles of wall have actually been developed.
We have actually seen replacement wall and walls being strengthened like in El Paso.
The bulk of border walls remain in California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Texas, on the other hand, has lots of natural barriers like canyons produced by the Rio Grande river and the Chihuahan desert.
If you follow the river 250 miles east of El Paso, you’ll reach Presidio, Texas.
John Ferguson is the mayor there.
So, if they were to construct a wall, where would the wall go?
Well, it most likely would be found in combination with, we have a river levy that practically runs the length of Presidio.
I’d picture they’d most likely attempt to build it on top of the river levy that’s here.
What does this neighborhood consider putting a border wall here?
I’m quite opposed to it.
I believe it’s not essential, I believe with some innovation we can keep the border, location where it can be kept track of and things like that.
[UNKNOWN] particularly are actually one huge neighborhood with a river streaming through the middle of it Plus a great deal of us are related on both sides.
My child is wed to a Mexican person.
So to have a wall there, although individuals would still have the ability to cross at the port of entry, simply the significance, to me, is extremely awful.
And I would never ever wish to see it here.
I likewise checked out Brewster County, which is the most significant border county in the United States.
Has 192 miles of border and no walls yet.
It’s barren and desolate.
I believe that if we might put the wall where it’s essential, simply various parts of the border, and in the spaces, fill it with some innovation and some more border patrolmen.
Bunny Dodson’s household has actually remained in Texas for 6 generations.
He’s the county constable.
What type of innovation do you believe would be valuable for patrolling the border?
For sure, cams.
Maybe some type of a drone type thing to patrol routine basis day and night.
Cuz it’s gonna, the majority of these people are crossing throughout the night and concealing up at the Man power.
You might have all the innovation you desire however if you do not have a male to go inspect the cam or inspect the censor when it goes off, they’re simply gonna do less today.
And Sheriff [UNKNOWN] likewise informed me the federal government will need to spend for the innovation due to the fact that his county can manage it In all, I drove 2,500 miles around Texas for this story.
I likewise rode in addition to border patrol and crossed the border and spoke to migrants desperate to get in the United States.
Stay tuned for those stories.
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