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Michael Dear

In this Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent searches for suspected illegal immigrants passing through the area in Hidalgo, Texas. The idea of a concrete wall spanning the entire 1,954-mile southwest frontier collides head-on with multiple realities, like a looping Rio Grande, fierce local resistance, and cost. () (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Americans and Mexicans living at the border are more connected than divided

Michael Dear