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Digital Border Wall Already Up And Running

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In this June 13, 2013 picture, U.S. Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin looks to the north near where the border wall ends as is separates Tijuana, Mexico, left, and San Diego, right. (Gregory Bull/AP)
In this June 13, 2013 picture, U.S. Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin looks to the north near where the border wall ends as is separates Tijuana, Mexico, left, and San Diego, right. (Gregory Bull/AP)

President Trump hits his first 100 days in office later this week. It’s been a tumultuous stride toward one of the president's priorities: how he would manage the U.S.-Mexico border. In a report last week Senate Democrats balked at the cost of the border wall, saying it could cost $70 billion, more than three times initial estimates.

But as Michel Marizco (@BorderReporter) from the Fronteras Desk at Here & Now contributor KJZZ reports, the U.S. Border Patrol has already started building a wall — not a concrete one, but a digital one.

This segment aired on April 25, 2017.

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