#border fence

The wind lifts a dust cloud at the end of the wall on the outskirts of Fort Hancock

View from the border: the wall dividing the US and Mexico – in pictures

The structure, variously known as the border fence or border wall, is not continuous and only covers sections of the almost 2,000-mile boundary between the two countries. It consists of a series of obstructions designed to discourage illegal entry into the US

Photographs by Daniel Ochoa de Olza

The border wall stops in the mountains outside of Tecate, Baja California

Guadalupe canyon

A very short segment of the border wall in the Altar desert appears to serve no clear purpose.

View from the border: the wall dividing the US and Mexico – in pictures

The structure, variously known as the border fence or border wall, is not continuous and only covers sections of the almost 2,000-mile boundary between the two countries. It consists of a series of obstructions designed to discourage illegal entry into the US

Photographs by Daniel Ochoa de Olza

A section of the border wall on a hill in the Guadalupe canyon

An open gate in the border wall

Jacumba, California. Here, the steel border fence ends suddenly, allowing people to cross between the US and Mexico

The border wall comes to a sudden stop in a desert landscape near the town of Mexicali in Baja California

View from the border: the wall dividing the US and Mexico – in pictures

The structure, variously known as the border fence or border wall, is not continuous and only covers sections of the almost 2,000-mile boundary between the two countries. It consists of a series of obstructions designed to discourage illegal entry into the US

Photographs by Daniel Ochoa de Olza

The setting sun illuminates a mountain that creates a gap in the border wall near Mexicali, Baja California

The serpentine border wall that separates Mexico from the US ends abruptly on the outskirts of Fort Hancock

Crosses mark the graves where unidentified people, some of them migrants who tried to cross into the US, are buried near Tijuana

The border fence between Mexico and US suddenly ends at the Pacific Ocean