President Donald Trump pledges to build more than 500 miles of new border fencing during his time in office. So far, the administration has only built about one mile of new barrier where none previously existed. But construction that is replacing old fencing with new barriers has brought dramatic change on the ground. The World’s immigration editor Monica Campbell fact-checks the largest infrastructure project in the US.
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