Some perspectives from the California/Mexico border.

‘It’s Not a Wall,’ but Steel Slats and Barbed Wire Roil a Border Town (Published 2019)

Many in Calexico, Calif., were offended when President Trump called improvements to the border fence there “the start of our Southern Border WALL!”

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It isn’t surprising that of nine congressional districts that include the US/Mexico border, there isn’t a single representative that supports Trump’s notion of a wall.

Every congressperson along southern border opposes border wall funding

Nine congressional representatives serve the districts that line the 2,000-mile southern border and they're all against the wall

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For people in these districts, a wall is not an abstract or symbolic concept but a practical consideration that is real for people who live there.