On the opposite aspect, seen by way of the gaps within the towering barrier, a gaggle of greater than 100 individuals – from international locations together with Ecuador, Colombia, China and Rwanda – huddled collectively, ready to be let by way of on to US soil. This border level south of San Diego is now one of many busiest alongside the complete US-Mexico frontier, which stretches round 1,950 miles (3,140km) from right here to jap Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.