Another Border Battle

Neither the Biden administration nor the state of Texas has ultimate solutions for border problems, those on the ground say.

Policy

Immigrants walk through razor wire surrounding a makeshift migrant camp after crossing the border from Mexico on May 11, 2023 in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

BROWNSVILLE, Texas—What used to be the Fort Brown Memorial Golf Course here is now a tangle of grown-up brush and weeds since a border wall erected during the Trump administration made it a no man’s land. Between the brush and the Rio Grande is a dusty road that Border Patrol, Texas National Guard troopers, and contractors traverse.