THE BORDER WAR—Larry Towell

"According to US Arizona Border Patrol, illegal crossings from Mexico into the US have dropped dramatically since President Joe Biden’s June 4, 2024 executive order barring migrants who enter illegally from claiming asylum. He has expanded wall construction and closed gaps making crossings more difficult. The Arizona border constitutes one of the most isolated and dangerous of the border’s nine geographic sectors. The Tuscon segment is a 262 mile stretch of steel/cement, electronic surveillance cameras and linear ground detection systems. Of the 200 tunnels that go...