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If you drive far enough down Pinehill, the trees that flank both sides of the road eventually give way to a clearing, two parking lots, a heap of concertina wire, and two small signs: one for the LaSalle ICE Processing Center, aside the logo of the Department of Homeland Security, and one for Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, beneath the logo of GEO Group, the private prison operator that runs the facility.

The U.S. military has added layers of concertina wire to six miles of the border fence near San Ysidro.

Meanwhile, the Border Patrol, with the assistance of 750 U.S. military troops, has reinforced six miles of the border wall with concertina wire.

A gate in the barrier opened and Border Patrol, Marines and Army officials showed reporters how both fences were now sheathed in concertina wire.

“What we see behind us here today is the result of a true whole-of-government effort, from the Marines laying down miles of concertina wire along the border infrastructure, to the soldiers manning our scope trucks and remote video surveillance cameras,” he said.