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Business on the Texas-Mexico border

Border life: A rancher's economic argument for a wall

by Andy Uhler

Jan 31, 2019

“For us it’s more from an agriculture point of view. It’s not about politics.”

Rancher Richard Guerra stands in a hallway in his McAllen, Texas home on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Guerra supports a border wall as a way to help prevent fever tick-carrying animals from crossing into Texas from Mexico.

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