Construction continues on December 14, 2020, on a new border wall system project west of Douglas, Arizona, within Border Patrol's Tucson Sector. As of December 11, over 425 miles of new border wall system have been built along the southwest border in place of outdated designs, or in locations where no barriers previously existed. Photo by Jerry Glaser.
The Mexico–United States barrier also known as the 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". Between the physical barriers, security is provided by a "virtual fence" of sensors, cameras, and other surveillance equipment used to dispatch United States Border Patrol agents to suspected migrant May 2011, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that it had 649 miles (1,044 km) of barriers in additional 52 miles of primary barriers were built during the Trump total length of the national border is 1,954 miles (3,145 km). On July 28th 2022, the Biden administration announced it would fill four wide gaps in Arizona near Yuma, an area with some of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.[
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Location: Tucson, Arizona
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