Trump's Border Wall Faces Texas-Size Backlash From Landowners

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View of the Rio Grande from the Max A Mandel Municipal Golf Course.Photographer: Matthew Busch/Bloomberg
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Gary Jacobs looks out over the Rio Grande from the deck of the clubhouse at a public golf course in Webb County, Texas. It’s a sunny morning, quiet except for the chirping birds and the thwack of clubs hitting balls.

“Where are you going to put the 30 feet?” he asks.