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Beautiful & well told story featuring the people who live along either side of the border, complete with a Donald Trump scarecrow.

Expanding the wall will make their lives more difficult. They fear their own government more than they fear immigrants.

time.com/longform/borde…
"The more the issue is forced upon these communities, the more it seems to collapse in on itself, as people refuse to give the argument legitimacy. Even Trump supporters told us “that ain’t going to happen.”

The only national emergency we have is in the White House.
"What people commonly spoke out about, and what we observed, is the extent to which, along the border, the everyday life of ordinary citizens exists in a surveillance state"

The new border funding deal adds lots more new funding for surveillance technology.
“The only real thing ruining the peace is the Border Patrol,”

via @katysteinmetz, reporting by Genevieve Allison, photographs by Elliot Ross
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