Two Tecates

A border patrol jeep stands atop a hill on a dirt road in Jacumba Hot Springs, California. From there, they can see the rural town of Jacume on the Mexican side of the border.

Homes and farms in Jacume, Mexico sit right along the U.S. border. Homes in Jacumba Hot Springs, California and other rural towns in the area are a little farther away.

The border fence in Tecate, California.

A border patrol jeep rides along a dirt road on the U.S. side of the border near Jacumba Hot Springs, California.

The people of Jacume, Mexico, have traditionally lived from raising livestock. Recently they leased part of their land to an American company that built windmills to generate electricity for San Diego County.

The U.S.-Mexico border fence near Jacumba Hot Springs, California ends a couple of miles to the east. The rugged mountains make it difficult to cross the border in the high desert.

Unaccompanied horses play on the dirt roads of Jacume, Mexico, a rural town along the U.S. border.

Veronica Vasquez Perez owns a convenience store in Jacume, Mexico. She remembers crossing the border back and forth as a child without restrictions until the U.S. built a fence.

Andres Mercado, an "Ejidatario" or communal land administrator, has lived all his life in Jacume, Mexico, a rural area where his town is directly across from the U.S./Mexico International border.

Horses roam openly in Jacume just a few hundred yards from the U.S./Mexico international border.

Parts of the border fence are made from long pieces of metal panels like the ones photographed here. Other sections are made of taller metal posts.

The U.S./Mexico international border is photographed in Tecate, Mexico side of the border.

The paved road on the left is used by motorists crossing into the United States. The dirt road on the right is used by Border Patrol agents to watch over the border.

The U.S./Mexico international border is divided by a wall built by the U.S. federal government to restrict movement of migrants and contraband from entering the U.S. territory.

To the north of Tecate, Mexico through the international border, are rural towns along the Mountain Empire region of San Diego County.

Like many people who live in Tecate, Mexico, Jose Alvarado Castillo moved to the border town with hopes of moving to the United States. He liked Tecate so much that he decided to stay.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to replace this fence with a 50-foot wall made of concrete.

Javier Alvardo Castillo stands on a hilltop overlooking the Mexican town of Tecate, where he grew up. In his lifetime he has seen the international border go from simple cattle wire to the current steel plates shown here.