40 Stunning Photos Of The US-Mexico Border and the People Behind The Fences

The United States-Mexico border stretches 2,000 miles, separating deserts, lands, rivers and beaches. Several photos of it have shown just how divided these two nations are. Soon, there will be a physical wall that should end the interactions between people from both sides as President Donald Trump had signed the executive order for its construction.

Before that wall will be completed, here are powerful images of the US-Mexico border taken from the last few years, showing the vast landscapes and the typical scenes behind the fences.

The US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona.

Agents on their patrol vehicles carry out a special mission in July 2009 near Campo, a rural town located 60 miles to the east of San Diego.

In 2012, a tunnel used to cross borders illegally was found still under construction.

A "major cross-border drug tunnel" stretching from California to Mexico.

A street view of Mexicali, Mexico from Google Maps.

In photo is a confiscated cannon that police say is used to hurl marijuana packets across the fence.

Immigrants hide as they wait for the opportunity to cross the border.

A Predator drone used to spot drug smugglers and illegal immigrants crossing the border.

The vast desert with the border at sunrise.

The barrier on the beach separating Mexico and the US.

On the left, San Ysidro, California; on the right, Mexico.

Tijuana, Mexico with the Pacific Ocean in the background.

Patrol agents on their ATVs survey the border near San Diego, California.

This deported migrant positions himself up the border fence in preparation of the 6th Marcha Migrante (Migrant March).

A Jeep Cherokee believed to belong to smugglers was photographed stuck on a makeshift ramp.

A photo of an illegal immigrant detained in April 2014 near Mission, Texas.

Monument 245 on the side of the Mexico border seen from the Google Maps street view.

In photo is Sal De Leon, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, standing near the US-Mexico border fence.

A U.S. Border Patrol meets with a local rancher to discuss border issues.

Residents of both sides of Naco (Arizona and Mexico) play volleyball.

Two men caught illegally crossing the border in Nogales, Arizona/Mexico.

An off-road go-kart trailer was seized by authorities. It was found to be filled with marijuana packs.

Bill Odle is a property owner who lives adjacent to the Arizona-Mexico border.

A photo of undocumented immigrant, 19-year-old Flor Gonzales, who spent a night at the San Juan Bosco shelter for people like her.

Southern Arizona rancher David Walker was United Border Coalition Tea Party Rally to support the immigration law.

An aerial view showing fences marking the US-Mexico border.

Another shot of the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona.

The border wall in Nogales, Arizona.

The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument located in Arizona seen from Google Maps Street View

The Amistad Reservoir, a part of the Rio Grande river, serves as a border between two nations.

Santa Fe Bridge, which connects Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas, as seen from above.

Border Patrol agent catches up to a suspected drug smuggler fleeing via Rio Grande.

Aerial view showing Yuma, Arizona on the left and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora on the right.

Migrants aboard on top of the train bound for the US-Mexico border.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent in search of migrants who may have crossed the border.

A woman chats with and gets hugged by her husband from the other side of the border fence.

A pickup truck loaded with packs of marijuana, seized in April 2013.

A long-exposure photograph of a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle driving along the Mexican side of the divide.

This migrant was caught crossing the border via Rio Grande.

Mauricia Horta worked in the United States but in September 2008, she drove up to a roadblock in Escondido, Calif. to pick up her kids. Since then, she’s been separated from her kids and has been forced to work in her old country.

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