How is the border defended now? Through a combination of fences and patrols. The Department of Homeland Security has fenced off 651 miles of the 1,969-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico.
About 1,500 migrants — mostly from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras — set out walking on Sunday from Tapachula, a city near Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala.
A boy walks near where a border wall separating the United States from Mexico reaches the Pacific Ocean, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) SAN DIEGO (AP ...