TUCSON — Environmentalists say flooding caused by a new border security fence in southwestern Arizona shows the structure is being built too quickly and without regard for the environment.

A 5.2-mile border fence recently constructed along Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument's southern border in southwestern Arizona became a dam in a recent flash flood, monument officials say.

Published: July 15, 2012 Author: James L. Grayson Fences are designed to clearly define borders and boundaries or to prevent access through or along the fence line, or both.

In different parts of the border, there are different ways to gain control. In some areas, a fence has an important part, and in others it might be unmanned aircraft, sensors and cameras.

A video taken by a Mexican citizen shows the newly replaced border fence in Mexicali being scaled by two men with a rope ladder, one of whom makes it over to the United States. The 38-second video ...

No sooner did Congress authorize construction of a 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border last week than lawmakers rushed to approve separate legislation that ensures it will never be built, at ...

Finland, one of the few NATO countries sharing a border with Russia, has announced a proposal to spend 139 million euros ($143 million) on building barrier fences on its eastern border with Russia ...

The 124-mile-long fence will cover one-seventh of its 832-mile-long border with Russia. The construction started after a marked surge in Russians fleeing the country amid the Ukraine war.