Daily Mail News
By TOM LEONARD FROM NEW YORK FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 21:33 EST, 8 March 2024 | UPDATED: 12:19 EST, 9 March 2024
Topped with razor wire that glints menacingly in the desert sun, a 30ft steel fence runs along part of the vast U.S.-Mexican border, providing an imposing bulwark in America’s war against illegal immigration.
But at a certain point, where the fence runs up against a rocky outcrop, there is a 4ft gap, loosely blocked with more razor wire.
Predictably, it fails to discourage a steady stream of migrants, who simply step around the wire and enter the promised land.