President Trump Visits U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility in Yuma, AZ

President Donald Trump visited border patrol facilities near the frontier with Mexico in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona. The trip Tuesday to Yuma came as Trump has struggled to obtain congressional approval to fund his long-promised additions to the border wall, which already exists in some parts of the U.S. Southwest. While in Yuma, he toured a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility to see equipment used for surveillance and detection of border crossings, and held a closed-door briefing with local staff. Early Tuesday, officials from the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees border protection and immigration enforcement, highlighted Yuma’s success in reducing the number of crossings in recent years. video published by The White House on Aug. 23, 2017