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Workers condition the soil at the Barry M. Goldwater Range along the U.S.-Mexico border, near Yuma, Arizona, Feb. 25, 2020.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division

Feb. 25, 2020 | 0:35

Workers condition the soil at the Barry M. Goldwater Range along the U.S.-Mexico border, near Yuma, Arizona, Feb. 25, 2020. Once the soil has been conditioned border barrier panels will be erected. USACE is providing direction and oversight for Department of Defense (DOD)-funded construction of border barrier projects from California to Texas. These projects are being executed by USACE, as directed through the U.S. Army by the Secretary of Defense, in response to the Presidential national emergency declaration dated Feb. 15, 2019, requiring the use of the armed forces and authorizing the use of Title 10, U.S. Code, § 2808.
(Some personal and corporate identifiable markings have been masked for privacy reasons. No one in this photo crossed the international border).