Despite opposition, New Mexico is gaining ground by constructing border walls

Over the desert of southern New Mexico, part of the Trump administration's push towards the Mexican frontier, an imposing 30-foot steel barrier stands.

On Friday, workers were able to see trenches being dug and steel bollards attached to a concrete base several miles east of Columbus, New Mexico, a space in years since the United States. Border Patrol officers have frequently reported capturing drug traffickers and immigrant grou....