A new online tool maps border wall projects, using photos from the people who live nearby

beSpacific 2026-08-27

az.pm / pbs “A new online mapping tool aims to document wall construction and other federal projects along the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border — using help from the people who live there. The Border Chronicle, a Tucson-based independent news outlet, launched the initiative — called “Wall Watch” — last week. It arrives as the Trump administration continues to ramp up border barrier construction, ranging from a floating buoy wall in Eagle Pass, Texas, to a double bollard fence that would cut through the Tohono O’odham Nation. “We thought of this idea, Wall Watch, as a way for communities up and down the border to have more of a real-time look at what is actually happening,” said Border Chronicle co-founder Melissa del Bosque…”