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This Border Town Already Has a Wall—and It Doesn’t Work

BARRIER RIFF

Smugglers have been crossing from Mexico into Arizona for almost two centuries, and in the real world no fence or wall is likely to stop them.

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NOGALES, Arizona/Sonora—A fence has cut through the border city of Nogales for decades, dividing the Arizona side of town from its more sprawling Mexican neighbor.

“At one time, it was very friendly,” says Tony Estrada, sheriff of Santa Cruz County in southern Arizona.

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