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The different types of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, including primary and secondary barriers
By CBP’s public accounting, roughly 400 miles of “new” border wall system had been completed during 2025, while additional projects and contract awards during the year put hundreds more miles into con...
The most direct, authoritative figure available comes from ’s Map, which states that approximately of the 1,954‑mile will be “without barrier” and instead covered by detection technology due to unfavo...
Roughly one-third of the U.S.–Mexico border remains without continuous pedestrian-style barrier, and federal agencies are prioritizing a mix of new bollard fencing, secondary barriers and detection “S...
By most official counts used by the U.S. government before January 20, 2025, there were roughly 719–744 miles of installed barrier described as “primary” and “secondary” fencing along the U.S.–Mexico ...