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Mixed reactions to Trump’s border wall along Arizona border

In this Tuesday, March 15, 2016 photo, Jim Chilton poses for a photo on the front porch of his home on his 50,000 acre ranch along the U.S-Mexico border in Arivaca, Ariz. Donald Trump's ambitious plan to build a giant wall on the border with Mexico is stirring up a range of emotions among voters who live there with some saying it would divide the two countries and others who say nothing short of a wall will fix the illegal immigration and drug smuggling problems. Chilton supports the wall and doesn't go anywhere on his ranch without his guns at the ready in case he encounters armed smugglers. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)
In this Tuesday, March 15, 2016 photo, Jim Chilton poses for a photo on the front porch of his home on his 50,000 acre ranch along the U.S-Mexico border in Arivaca, Ariz. Donald Trump's ambitious plan to build a giant wall on the border with Mexico is stirring up a range of emotions among voters who live there with some saying it would divide the two countries and others who say nothing short of a wall will fix the illegal immigration and drug smuggling problems. Chilton supports the wall and doesn't go anywhere on his ranch without his guns at the ready in case he encounters armed smugglers. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff) In this Tuesday, March 15, 2016 photo, Jim Chilton poses for a photo on the front porch of his home on his 50,000 acre ranch along the U.S-Mexico border in Arivaca, Ariz. Donald Trump's ambitious plan to build a giant wall on the border with Mexico is stirring up a range of emotions among voters who live there with some saying it would divide the two countries and others who say nothing short of a wall will fix the illegal immigration and drug smuggling problems. Chilton supports the wall and doesn't go anywhere on his ranch without his guns at the ready in case he encounters armed smugglers. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)

By Associated Press 5 min read

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) – Donald Trump’s ambitious plan to build a giant wall on the border hits close to home for people like Berenice Andrews.

The front door of her family’s home is just feet away from a fence separating the U.S. and Mexico. The home is so close to Mexico that the sounds of schoolchildren at play south of the border can be heard. So can buses along a main thoroughfare on the Mexico side.

As the presidential contest shifts to Arizona and its Tuesday primary, Trump’s wall stirs up a range of emotions among border-area residents like Andrews. For some, nothing short of a wall will do. For her, the fence that currently divides the U.S. and Mexico is a good enough barrier.

“For him to even propose something like that is complete insanity,” Andrews said.

Trump has not provided specifics the wall but says it would cost between $10 billion and $12 billion, and has said he would make Mexico pay for it. Mexico has scoffed at the idea.