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The border wall that already exists

President Trump has long promised to build a wall along the southern border. But in some parts of California and Arizona, there already is one.

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by Lauren Hansen
March 6, 2017

The pedestrian border in Nogales, Arizona.

Nov. 7, 2016

A woman In Tijuana talks to her relatives across a fence.

Nov. 13, 2016

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A gap in the U.S.-Mexico border fence outside Jacumba, California.

Nov. 7, 2016

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A road abruptly ends next to a sign for a cattle ranch near Douglas, Arizona.

Oct. 10, 2016

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A newly-built section of the border fence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Jan. 25, 2017 ( REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez)

The backyard of a home in Brownsville, Texas, faces the border fence.

Aug. 5, 2014

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The border near Calexico, California.

Feb. 9, 2017

The border fence in Mexicali, Mexico, painted sky blue.

April 9, 2016

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The border in Calexico, California.

Oct. 8, 2016

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A San Diego beach.

Nov. 13, 2016

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A fence separates the border towns Nogales, Arizona (left), and Nogales, Mexico (right).

Oct. 9, 2016

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