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Workers erecting the new border wall in the desert of Baja California.
AMERICAS

Trump’s other walls

Lorena Arroyo / Hector Guerrero / Teresa de Miguel|Mexico City / Sonora / Baja California|

The most efficient barrier built by the 45th president of the United States is not made of cement or steel. Instead, what’s managed to stop both legal and illegal immigration is an intricate web of executive actions, administrative orders and agreements with other countries obtained through threats. The real and virtual hurdles built over the last four years have affected the lives of thousands

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