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AFP
Los Angeles
The United States was to begin construction in Texas on Saturday of part of President Donald Trump's border wall designed to curb illegal immigration, which he calls a security threat.
Running along four miles (six kilometers) of the 2,000-mile border with Mexico, the new section will replace existing fencing along the boundary between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.
"This new wall will be far more durable and far more effective in deterring would-be illegal entrants,"Aaron Hull, Chief Patrol Agent in the El Paso sector, said in the statement.
