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A U.S. boundry marker is covered behind a new section of pedestrian barrier fencing near the Santa Teresa Point of Entry on the U.S. and Mexico border near Sunland Park, New Mexico.
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U.S. Border Patrol supervisory agent Rick McPherson looks along a new section of pedestrian barrier fencing as work crews continue new fence construction near Sunland Park, N.M.
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Work crews continue construction of a new section of pedestrian barrier fencing near the Santa Teresa Point of Entry.
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Border Patrol agent Rick McPherson checks out the New Mexico fence.
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Work crews continue construction.
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U.S. Border Patrol supervisory agent Rick McPherson checks out the new fence.
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Adrian Hernandez builds his new shanty- part home, part auto repair shop- in Rancho Anapra, Mexico. Hernandez, 52, lives on the wrong side of one of the largest and most expensive projects in Homeland Security history. "
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"If it were easy I would already be on the other side working, but it's not easy," said Adrian Hernandez, a Mexico City native who moved here three years ago hoping to plot his escape to the U.S. "The fence is holding me back a lot. What can you do? I just have to wait until the right moment."
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Two young Mexicans play on a section of old pedestrian barrier fencing on the U.S. and Mexico border near Rancho Anapra, Chihuahua Mexico. Area residents claim that the water culvert that runs under the border is a common crossing point for migrants entering the U.S. illegally.
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A young Mexican woman was climbing the fence to get a better look at US Porder Patrol agents working the other side.
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