HOUSTON (AP) – President Donald Trump announced his long-awaited plan Wednesday to build a wall on the 1,954-mile U.S. border with Mexico, calling for its “immediate construction” to stop the flow of smuggling and drugs.
He is not the first president to embark on an aggressive buildup on the border.
Here’s a look at what is already there:
SEMI-FORTIFIED BORDER
One-third of the U.S.-Mexico border, or 653 miles, is already studded with fence in a potpourri of styles, from menacing barriers to those that can be easily hopped. The barriers arose from the Secure Fence Act passed in the last year of the George W. Bush administration.