Construction of President Donald Trump’s southern border wall has had to be revised in West Texas after a coalition of local residents pushed back against it, insisting it was not necessary and will blight the landscape.
A major feature of Trump’s first term, the U.S.-Mexico wall was intended to keep out illegal immigrants arriving from Central America and seeking asylum, but only a fraction of it was completed before the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden and left office.
