A War Zone, Minus the War: One Year Later, Has the Military Really Secured the US-Mexico Border?
An investigation into how President Trump’s emergency declaration expanded military power, blurred legal lines, and helped spread the use of military-grade technology
by Sonner Kehrt, Melissa del Bosque and David Roza March 26, 2026
On a warm, winter Sunday, the Playas de Tijuana in Mexico is filled with families picnicking.
The beach here presses right up against the border wall with the United States. Music blares, teenagers film TikTok videos next to the 30-foot high fence, which is covered in painted murals on the Mexican side—butterflies, faces, human hands reaching out.
Looking through the slotted wall to the American side, the beach is barren. On the other side of the wall is barbed concertina wire, and then another tall fence, also ringed with wire.
It’s a scene from a war zone, minus the war.
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