The only barrier between Bob Maupin’s 250-acre ranch in Boulevard and Mexico is corrugated steel built by the government and a 10-foot-tall barbed wire fence that he built over five years. Maupin, shown on Aug. 30, 2017, patrolling his land with a weapon in-hand, said drug and human smugglers often cut through the fencing to enter the U.S. illegally. <em>(Brandon Quester/inewsource)</em>