>>> DAYS AGO AFTER A LOT OF
DEBATE, CONGRESS FINALLY
APPROVED A BILL OF NEARLY
$1.4 BILLION IN MONEY FOR MORE
MILES OF BORDER BARRIER BETWEEN
THE U.S. AND MEXICO.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT SATISFIED
AND WANTS TO TAKE EMERGENCY
ACTION TO GET BILLIONS MORE.
WHILE THIS FIGHT MAY SEEM LIKE A
POLITICAL ONE FOR MANY, FOR
PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR TRAVEL TO
ARIZONA, THIS IS REAL LIFE NO
MATTE
MATTER WHICH SIDE OF THE ISSUES
YOU ARE ON.
MORGAN RADFORD.
>> Reporter: ONE NATION DIVIDED
BY A WALL THAT'S YET TO BE
COMPLETED.
BRINGING THE GOVERNMENT TO A
SHUTDOWN AND ALL THOSE TO THE
BRINK OF ANOTHER ONE.
>> WE'LL HAVE A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.
>> Reporter: HERE AT THE BORDER
THOSE AT THE FRONT LINE SAY THEY
NEED THE MONEY BECAUSE WE NEED
PROTECTION.
>> WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IS
SIMPLY STICKS IN THE DESERTS
THAT ARE HOLDING UP BARBED
WIRES.
>> Reporter: ALONG THIS WALL,
THERE ARE MORE THAN 5,000 PATROL
AGENTS.
>> THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED, YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS CAN BE
REPLACED?
>> THIS AND OTHER AREAS LIKE
THAT.
IF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE HAPPY
OF THIS LEVEL OF SECURITY BEING
A BORDER BARRIER, I WOULD
CAUTION THEM BECAUSE WE SEE THE
THREATS ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> Reporter: IN THE DESERT, SOME
DECIDED TO TAKE THE LAW INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS.
TIM CALLED HIMSELF INTO A
CERTIFIED TRACKER.
HE'S THE FOUNDER OF THE ARIZONA
BORDER.
A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO
TRAVELS TO THIS PART OF ARIZONA
TO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
>> I TURN THE CAMERAS OUT AND
SEE HOW THIS IS ALIENL FLATTEN .
>> THERE IS SO MUCH COMING
THROUGH, DRUG AND HUMAN
SMUGGLING.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU SAYING
PEOPLE THAT COMES THROUGH HERE
ARE DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND NOT
MIGRANTS.
>> THERE ARE SOME IMMIGRANT
ILLEGAL, MY CAMERA IS SHOWING
YOU A MAJORITY OF IT IS DRUGS.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY
SAY YOU GUYS ARE RACIST WHO
WANTS TO SHUTDOWN ON MEXICAN
PEOPLE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT RACE.
IT IS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN YOU LET IN
AND SUSTAIN THEM?
BASICALLY BY NOT ENFORCING
ANYTHING, YOU ARE REWARDING BAD
BEHAVIOR.
>> Reporter: JUST 40 MILES EAST,
THE TOWN OF ARIZONA IS IN A
BITTER BATTLE OVER THIS.
A 22-FOOT STEEL WALL.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS A
CRISIS?
>> THE MAYOR, THE LARGEST BORDER
CITY IN THE STATE SAYS THE WIRE
IS A NEW ADDITION PUT UP IN THE
LAST THREE MONTHS MAKE HIS TOWN
LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE.
>> WE HAVE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE
WALK NEXT TO IT.
WE HOPE THAT NOBODY GETS HURT.
>> THAT WIRE SEPARATING FAMILIES
LIKE LOPEZ AND HER HUSBAND.
>> IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
Y -- YVETTE MOVED TO DALLAS TO
BE CLOSER TO HER HUSBAND WHO'S
WAITING TO REPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP
IN THE U.S.
>> SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY YOUR
HUSBAND IS IN MEXICO AND YOU ARE
HERE IN ARIZONA, WHY DON'T YOU
GO TO MEXICO?
>> FOR US IS A LOT BETTER TO GET
HELP FOR MY SON BECAUSE HE HAS A
DIAGNOSE OF AUTISM.
>> SOMETIMES THEY COME HERE TO
SPEAK TO HIM THROUGH THE FENCE.
A PLACE FAR FOR WASHINGTON
WHETHER THE DEBATE FOR THE
BORDER HITS CLOSER TO HOME.
>> MORGAN IS BACK WITH US HERE
IN THE STUDIO.
A POWERFUL PIECE.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE BORDER
PATROL, WHY DO THEY SAY IT IS
NECESSARY?
>> IT IS INTERESTING, HALIE,
EVERY PERSON I INTERVIEWED ON
THIS PIECE, IS THERE A CRISIS ON
THE BORDER?
WE UNDERSTAND THAT DRUGS ARE
COMING THROUGH THE PORTS OF
ENTRY AND THESE REMOTE DESERT
AREAS.
A LOT OF THOSE AREAS ARE
CONTROLLED BY THE CARTEL.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE CENTER OF THE
STAGE AND YOU ASK PEOPLE ABOUT
THE RAZOR WIRE, MANY RESIDENCE
FELT IT IS SYMBOLIC.
WHY DO THEY NEED TO ADD THIS