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A man walks past the painted border fence in Agua Prieta, Mexico, in July 2015. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Cronkite News)
PHOENIX – With President Donald Trump’s executive order to move forward with construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall, people across the country are turning their gazes south. Cronkite News journalists report from communities on both sides of the border. Here is a gallery of photos from their travels.
![A look at the current border wall between the United States and Mexico in Nogales on Wednesday, January 25, 2016. (Photo by Josh Orcutt/Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wall4_012517000205_Orcutt.jpg)
A look at the current border fence between the United States and Mexico in Nogales on Wednesday, January 25, 2016. (Photo by Josh Orcutt/Cronkite News)
![People wait to cross the border into El Paso, Texas from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cars-8001.jpg)
People wait to cross the border into El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Cronkite News)
![People walk near the border crossing in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua to El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/port-8001.jpg)
People walk near the border crossing in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua to El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Cronkite News)
![Most likely voters oppose a border wall such as the one between Nogales, Sonora (left) is separated from Nogales, Arizona (right) by the border fence, on Monday, March 28, 2016. (Photo by Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/borderpollPIN-800.jpg)
A border fence separates Nogales, Sonora (left) and Nogales, Arizona (right) on Monday, March 28, 2016. (Photo by Cronkite News)
![A look at the current border wall between the United States and Mexico in Nogales on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. (Photo by Josh Orcutt/Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wall1_800_012517000192_Orcutt.jpg)
A look at the current border barrier between the United States and Mexico in Nogales on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. (Photo by Josh Orcutt/Cronkite News)
![Carlos Santa Cruz, a landscaper who lives near the wall in Nogales, AZ, stands in front of the border wall in Nogales on January 25, 2016. (Photo by Josh Orcutt/Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SantaCruz1_800.jpg)
Carlos Santa Cruz, a landscaper who lives near the wall in Nogales, Arizona, stands in front of the border fence in Nogales on January 25, 2016. (Photo by Josh Orcutt/Cronkite News)
![A man and boy wait for the bus in front of the border wall in Nogales, Sonora in 2016. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Special for Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/06Nogales-800.jpg)
A man and boy wait for the bus in front of the border fence in Nogales, Sonora in 2016. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Cronkite News)
![A general view a cross on the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Nogales, AZ on Wednesday January 25, 2017. (Photo by Taylor Rearick/Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Wall4.jpg)
This area of fence stands along the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona on Wednesday January 25, 2017. (Photo by Taylor Rearick/Cronkite News)
![21 year old visits southern border](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Passport-person800.jpg)
Nicole Spindler, 21, visits the southern border for the first time in 2015. (Photo by Carla Leon/Cronkite News)
![A detailed view of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Nogales, AZ on Wednesday January 25, 2017. (Photo by Taylor Rearick/Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Wall-5.jpg)
A detailed view of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Nogales, AZ on January 25, 2017. (Photo by Taylor Rearick/Cronkite News)
![The Morley Gate Border Station, a Nogales port of entry for pedestrians crossing into the U.S. (Photo by Zach Quinn/Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Border-and-Flag-2-Medium-800-500-copy.jpg)
The Morley Gate Border Station is a Nogales port of entry for pedestrians crossing into the U.S. (Photo by Zach Quinn/Cronkite News)
![Purple grafitti with the words](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BP5-800.jpg)
Purple graffiti with the words “justice for Jose Antonio!” marks part of the border fence on the Mexico side in 2015. (Photo by Alicia Clark/Cronkite News)
![Pedestrian crossing in San Ysidro](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/passport-viewdown800.jpg)
A pedestrian crossing in San Ysidro, California, allows Mexican border officials to enforce new rules at this border point of entry in 2015. (Photo by Carla Leon/Cronkite News)
![San Ysidro Border](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Passport-bridge800.jpg)
Pedestrians cross the border in San Ysidro, California. (Photo by Carla Leon/Cronkite News)
![A Border Patrol agent in his truck looks over the current border wall between the United States and Mexico in Nogales on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. (Photo by Josh Orcutt/Cronkite News)](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/borderpatrol2_012517000202_Orcutt.jpg)
A Border Patrol agent in a truck looks over the current border fence between the United States and Mexico in Nogales on January 25, 2017. (Photo by Josh Orcutt/Cronkite News)