Beachgoers on the Tijuana side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, which extends into the Pacific Ocean, at Playas de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on November 20, 2018. Standing approximately 12 feet (3.6m) in height, the existing bollard fencing was lined with razor wire by Department of Homeland Security officials a week prior.
A length of fortified fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, as seen from an overlook just outside the industrial city of Tecate, Mexico. November 19, 2018.
Central American asylum-seekers and their children prepare to cross the border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, in order to surrender themselves to Border Patrol agents on the U.S. side and begin the process of claiming asylum. December 25, 2018.
A U.S. Customs & Border Patrol Airbus AS350 A-Star helicopter searches for migrants illegally crossing into San Diego County, California, as seen through a hole in the border fence from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on December 28, 2018.
Three migrants climb the border fence from San Diego County, California back into Tijuana, Mexico after an aborted attempt to sneak into the United States, December 25, 2018.
A group of Central American migrants scout out the wall from the Tijuana side of the border, before attempting to cross into San Diego County, California, on December 28, 2018.
A U.S. Customs & Border Patrol agent stands over the body of a drowned Honduran migrant on the beach in Border Field State Park in Imperial Beach, San Diego County, California, as seen through the border fence from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, December 28, 2018. According to eyewitnesses, the unidentified Honduran man, in his mid-twenties, attempted to swim around the border fence at Playas de Tijuana to enter the United States, before succumbing to the currents.
A Mexican man, previously deported from the U.S., looks through the border fence in Tijuana, Mexico. His goal is to cross back into California. and reunite with his wife and children in Los Angeles County. December 27, 2018.