The wall of eyes trained on the US - Mexico border

There's more to the border than just a wall.

This dispatch is from the Rio Grande River, on the Texas side of the U.S. border with Mexico. I embedded with border patrol, to learn about the technology, techniques, and challenges of monitoring a section of the border with over 300 miles of river.

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[Vox]

Almost done filming for Vox Borders! I've been to Japan, the Arctic, Haiti, and Mexico. Still have Spain and Nepal.

If you're interested in following the project, the best way to do it is Facebook: facebook.com/johnnyharrisvox.

The six full docs. will be released in Fall, can't wait to share them with you all.

- Johnny

[AryanKumar-vwtu]

When he said "it's 103 degrees" I just though about how is he alive before realizing it was in Fahrenheit.

[cutezr]

Not gonna lie, I'm feelin' this beat.

[grandpegasus]

Why don't they just use endear pearls?

[joshua]

I live in Mexico in a border town of Tamaulipas and I can see one of those aerostats from my home it is so cool living right in the border because I can go to the USA (legally) and come back to Mexico in one day.

[helixwletcher]

Someone has to say it! The editing done is *godlike*

[JeanLucPicard]

Those deer better not be Mexican deer mooching of Murica's grass. Find your own pasture El Stago!

[alejandrarodriguez]

My dad crossed that river just to watch my brother's birth & help my mom out for the first few weeks. He then went back to Mexico & waited for his green card

[pierre-andrelecomte]

"it's 103 degrees" (sigh)
just in case, converted, it's nearly 40 degrees Celsius

[MrLeafy]

I like how this wasn't anti-Trump, but policy-focused. We need more discourse on the facts instead of partisanship.

[shankhan]

God the music just complements the video so much. I always look forward to Johnny's videos!

[h.m.]

thanks for showing me this now I know what to watch for when I plan my escape to Mexico

[sagarrimal]

When is the Nepal episode comming ??? Cant wait to see it.

[angelvenegas]

I like how most agents here are Mexicans 😂 or Latino proud to be Mexican

[JoelGG]

Why don't they just get a dragon? Duh!

[tenebrisscarrow]

Tbf that 30% is probably the 30% that go on foot. A lot of people get across then overstay their visas via planes. Or so I've heard

[samguy]

Well, we'll need a Zombie Ice Dragon..

[jasmeenmalhotra]

Hehe, first time I've seen serious journalism paired with trip-hop.

[captainyolowaffle]

If school has taught me anything it’s that you can’t stop people from doing things you don’t want them to do

[immyjdt]

we really need to know the truth about north korea