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Why private property owners may be the biggest obstacle to Trump's wall

• http://www.mystatesman.com, By Sean Collins Walsh

On a cliff overlooking the Rio Grande, Dob Cunningham got out of his four-wheeler, walked across a patch of wildflowers poking out from the rocks and stopped at a small, rough concrete block adorned with horseshoes, spurs and a Masonic emblem. Under raised letters reading "DOB," the year 1934 was carved into the concrete, with a blank space to the right.

It was Cunningham's headstone.

"That way it's done," he said. "I didn't want anyone to go and spend a bunch of money on it."

Working as a farm hand in his youth, serving 30 years in the Border Patrol in his prime and tending to an 800-acre ranch with his wife, Kay, in his golden years, Cunningham has spent his whole life on the border, and he's seen it change. Growing up, he would wade across the river to play baseball with kids in Mexico, and those who came north were polite. In recent years, he said, migrants have broken into his house, and drug smugglers traverse his property regularly.


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