Arizona Border Towns Struggle as Cartels Drive Border Crisis

Former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tom Homan said Arizona is the next "ground zero" for illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking at a press conference in Phoenix on Jan. 26, 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

SAN LUIS, Ariz.—A tangled coil of razor wire marks the end of a segment of the border wall between San Luis, Arizona, and Mexico, although it’s just the beginning for illegal migrants entering the city day and night.

Separating two parallel wall sections with 30-foot-high steel bollards is a narrow stretch of dirt road that has been dubbed “no man’s land” by law enforcement.