Trump says barbed wire 'can be a beautiful sight.' Many border communities disagree
NOGALES, Ariz. - Most people know it as razor wire.
It coils atop the walls and fences that divide the U.S. and Mexico, snaking through weeds and past traffic signs, splintering the sunlight with its shiny knifelike barbs.
The U.S. military prefers a less menacing name: concertina wire.
Troops on the southern border have installed hundreds of miles of the wire during the last few months as part of President Donald Trump's effort to stop caravans of Central American migrants from entering the country.
"Barbed wire, used properly, can be a beautiful sight," Trump said to cheers at a rally in Montana in November.
But many U.S. communities along the border strongly disagree. Border city leaders and other officials argue that
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