The state of Texas recently awarded over $307 million to continue building a 14-mile wall across the southern border with Mexico in what is seen as a controversial approach to curb illegal migration. Uriel Garcia, the Texas Tribune’s immigration reporter, joins The World’s Marco Werman to tell us where the effort stands now and how effective it can actually be.
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