| The U.S.-Mexico border fence -- are private contractors making billions on a project that won't work? This Friday on NOW on PBS |
In 2006, Congress authorized the Secure Fence Act, a multi-billion dollar plan to build a wall hundreds of miles long across the southern border of the United States to stem the flow of undocumented immigrants and provide security from potential terrorism. Maria Hinojosa investigates how the wall has turned into a nightmare for many Americans living along the U.S.-Mexico border. Turns out the wall -- which will cover less than half of the actual border -- inexplicably cuts through the middle of some properties, while leaving others untouched. Many question if it can keep people from sneaking in at all.
On Friday, August 15 at 8:30 pm (check local listings), NOW senior correspondent Maria Hinojosa travels to Texas to meet border families who fear losing their property, their safety, and their way of life. We also follow an investigative reporter who questions whether certain landowners are getting preferential treatment.
Is America's border wall working, or an utter waste? Next on NOW The NOW on PBS website will feature web-exclusive video from an Arizona homeowner showing what he considers a pointless federal security wall built through his yard. Also, a look at fences, walls, and other physical boundaries built around the world to separate cultures.
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