Unfinished border wall full of holes is a joke - 500k migrants have died or been caught on my land

In the shadow of the US’s 30ft border wall, John Ladd gestures at a white helicopter coming fast and low over his ranch’s terrain. “It’s Border Patrol,” the cattleman in a straw cowboy hat and denims declared. “They’re on to something.” Firing up his Ford pick-up, we soon come across two officers detaining a migrant who had apparently breached the imposing fence separating the US from Mexico. “It’s a daily occurrence,” the fourth-generation rancher says. “The only time it wasn’t daily was during Trump’s four years as President because far fewer were coming over. “We’d go two or three days without them catching anyone then. Under Joe Biden it’s around the clock.” The daily battle played out between law enforcement and the smuggling cartels has political ramifications far beyond this remote corner of Arizona. For the mayhem on this southern border, America’s version of our small boats crisis, is a key election issue which may decide who is the next incumbent of t