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Trump supporters start building US-Mexico border wall

The private group, We Build the Wall, released pictures of its construction sites. It says it has begun construction on a US-Mexico border wall in New Mexico. PHOTO | FACEBOOK | WE BUILD THE WALL

By  BBC

A group of Trump supporters has begun building the first privately constructed US-Mexico border wall after a crowd-funding campaign.

US military veteran Brian Kolfage posted a picture of the steel fence going up in the state of New Mexico.

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