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Why the wall was built
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:13:13
Publish Date: 2026-04-21 07:05:04
Description: As the United States expanded into a global superpower, it simultaneously strengthened its national borders and began to limit who could come in and out of the country. In this week’s episode, the story of how one of the very first walls meant to divide people was built on the US Southern border.

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