U.S. Walls history

1993 – President Bill Clinton mandates construction on a 13-mile “Border Wall” along a line in the sand between San Diego and Tijuana.

1996 – President Clinton signs the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act, increasing fines for illegal entry and approving funding for more patrols and fence construction.

In November 1989 the Berlin Wall came crashing down. It is currently about 800-miles of fortified structure along a 2000-mile border.

2001 – Planes crash into the Twin Towers on 9/11.

Sometimes referred to by Palestinians as the "Apartheid Wall" or their "Berlin Wall," construction of the wall between the West Bank and Israel was started in 2002 by the government of then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to protect Israelis from Palestinian suicide bombers.

2005 – More than one million people are arrested crossing into the United States from Mexico.

2008 – The U. S. announces that a section of the barrier had been mistakenly built from 1 to 6 feet (2 meters) inside Mexican territory and must be moved.

2010 – The New York Times writes that over the previous four years, 51 unauthorized tunnels running under the border walls had been found in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora.

Construction on the $400 million fence began in 2011 and took two years.

2013 Immigration Bill Information and Roll Call Vote.

2014 – Central and South America send massive numbers of refugees into Mexico heading north for the United States The number of non-Mexicans crossing the border illegally exceeds the number of Mexicans for the first time.

2017 – President Donald Trump renews his vow to build “a great, great wall” across the rest of the 2,000-mile border.