El Paso, November 13 (RHC)-- On the U.S.-Mexico border, construction crews are working on a new steel wall separating El Paso, Texas from neighboring Ciudad Juárez. The new four-mile long section of 18-foot high wall will replace an existing border fence, at an estimated cost of $22 million.
El Paso County Commissioner David Stout speaking at a protest against the wall said: "This wall damages our community, because ours is a binational community. We all have family, friends, and coworkers who live on that side and work here, or vice versa. And we are sending a very ugly message to our brothers in Mexico while it’s one of the countries we in the United States depend on the most economically, especially the communities along the border.”
Construction crews build new wall at El Paso-Juarez on U.S. border with Mexico
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