Van Horn is a town in and the county seat of Culberson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,435 at the 2000 census. Van Horn is located at 31Â°2â²33â³N 104Â°49â²59â³W / 31.0425Â°N 104.83306Â°W / 31.0425; -104.83306 (31.042489, -104.832928). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 kmÂ²), all of it land.
The completed fence is mainly in New Mexico, Arizona, and California, with construction underway in Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that it had more than 580 miles (930 km) of fence in place by the second week of January, 2009.
Our photographer visits the most talked-about stretch of land in U.S. politics. Use the scrollbar or swipe to see the complete image. The candidates for president of the United States, particularly on the Republican side, have hotly debated how to handle the roughly 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) border between the United States and Mexico. Donald Trump has famously and repeatedly promised to seal the border with a wall if he's elected.