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.
The Department of Homeland Security has fenced off 651 miles of the 1,969-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico. The barriers are mostly near urban areas and international bridges; the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency uses patrols to guard the more remote borderlands in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.