Border Wall, San Pedro River
A welder breaks a weld on a gate across the San Pedro River at the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Hereford. The gates were welded shut by contractors. They are meant to be open when water flow increases in the river channel.
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Federal officials rectified an oversight in border wall construction on Tuesday after a sharp-eyed wildlife advocate noticed the gates in the wall across the San Pedro River were welded shut.
