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John B. Washington
John B. Washington is a freelance journalist and author of
The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexican Border and Beyond
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Adriana Zehbrauskas for The Atlantic
Trump’s Big Border Wall Is Now a Pile of Rusting Steel
Worth at least a quarter billion dollars, the steel bollards are a relic of the Trump era.
John B. Washington
December 20, 2021