LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (Nexstar) — For acres in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Park there’s nothing, but cacti.
But as you drive closer to the Lukeville Port of Entry, the road signs turn into caution signs — warning visitors of “smuggling and illegal immigration.”
And then right before you can see the border, you can hear it.
Construction for the border wall.
But the construction doesn’t bother the few locals who live in the area.
A lot of Mexican military presence on the other side of the border fence in Lukeville, Arizona #BorderReport pic.twitter.com/dTs9vVEXYx
— Anna Wiernicki (@AnnaEWiernicki) September 24, 2019
Hector Molina says he frequently crosses the Lukeville Port of Entry because it’s easy — there’s not a lot of people who live nearby.
“Most of the people’s concern about the wall is nature,” says Molina.
He says the wall doesn’t really bother him, but it does bother the wildlife.
“If you put a wall, animals won’t be able to go across.”
Border patrol agents say these black jugs are used by people who try to illegally cross the fence in Arizona. Typically they will bring two with them and carry them on their back attached by yarn #BorderReport pic.twitter.com/MlEJepu7Ps
— Anna Wiernicki (@AnnaEWiernicki) September 24, 2019
