Statistics

- 1,951 number of miles of border between United States and Mexico.

- 75 number of miles of existing hard Fencing along U.S.–Mexico border.

- 700 number of miles of new fencing proposed by Congress and the president.

- 472 estimated number of deaths last year among migrants attempting to avoid the existing fence.

- 3,000 estimated number of migrants who have died attempting to cross the border since tougher border measures were enacted in the 1990s.