The Border Wall in Douglas, AZ/Agua Prieta, Sonora

3 minutes of the border separating Douglas, AZ and Agua Prieta, Sonora.

Notice the various styles of the wall:
Aluminum
Aluminum with extra screen on top
Aluminum with tank barriers
Aluminum with metal 3-foot poles to stop cars
Bars
Double Bars
etc.

In addition to this, there is also a Border Patrol car every one or two miles (can't really see it in the video).

While this strategy has greatly reduced migrant crossing in this area, the traffic has only shifted (and not decreased) towards the mountains and desert areas, effectively creating a more dangerous journey (with hundreds finding only their deaths in the walk) and a nuisance for ranchers living on the border.

Additionally, the Border Patrol has commented that the sole purpose of the wall is to act as a speed bump; the aluminum portion of the wall will slow down a migrant by an approximate 5 minutes, which the new barred section will slow them down by an approximate 15 minutes.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• mexico
• border wall
• sonora
• douglas
• arizona
• immigration