Originally posted 4/8 by Miranda Green
You might have to dust off some cerebral cobwebs to recall Trump’s key 2016 campaign chant of “Build that wall!” The rallying cry helped propel him to his first term, and now, a decade on, the proposed 1,954-mile-long, metal wall is in varying states of completion along the border between the United States and Mexico.
Border town residents, some of whom voted for Trump, have front-row seats to the wall’s construction and impact as it cuts through towns, parks, and wildlife corridors—and many don’t like what they’re seeing. One such litmus test is playing out in real time at Big Bend National Park in Texas, along the Rio Grande River.
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