13 photos that show what life is really like on the US-Mexico border

More than 100 days into Donald Trump's presidency, his administration has yet to persuade Congress (or Mexico) to pay for anestimated $21.6 billion wall along the US-Mexico border.Congress did, however, agree to a budget bill in late April that willfund $146 million in upgrades to the existing steel border fencing, which was first installed in the mid-1990s.For some, the border is not just a divider between the US and Mexico ' it's home.Reuters visited some of these folks in Tijuana, Mexico, who live ina varietyof home types, from a small treehouse to a mansion withviews of California and the Pacific Ocean, on the border.Their stories are below.SEE ALSO:26 photos that show the US-Mexico border's evolution over 100 yearsSteel fencing spans about 654 miles of the 1,933-mile US-Mexico border. Other areas, have a "virtual fence," featuring scanners, guards, and drones.Carlos Torres, an architect, has lived in a mansion on the Tijuana side for three decades. The fence begins at the end of his garden. He tells Reuters he named his mansion the "First House in Northwest Mexico."Torres' garden is littered with border paraphernalia, including a signpost with arrows that point toward cities in California and Mexico.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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