San Diego: Where a Border Wall Works

Border wall brought deluge of illegal immigration down to a trickle

The U.S.–Mexico border on July 12, with homes in Tijuana, Mexico, adjacent to the original barrier, to the left; a secondary fence with barbed wire and San Diego are to the right. Joshua Philipp/The Epoch Times

SAN DIEGO—The county once known as “ground zero” for illegal immigration in the United States has become a model of successful border security that the rest of the country is now looking to emulate.

This began, fittingly, with a wall—or to be more precise, a crude barrier of sheet metal supported by metal poles. This original barrier wasn’t meant to stop people. It was initially just meant to stop cars and trucks carrying migrants and drugs into the United States.