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WDRB anchor Valerie Chinn and photojournalist Doug Smith discuss their recent reporting trip to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. Chinn and Smith got extraordinary access to U.S. Customs a Border Protection officers to see how they go about their daily jobs. They got a look at at a small section of President Trump's border wall and the fleet of 'predator drones' (costing $11 million each) that the government uses to patrol the boundary. And they talked to a Central American mother who was apprehended with her small children, including a baby she delivered during her journey to the U.S. Links: WDRB embeds with Border Patrol at the US-Mexico border wall WDRB exclusive at US-Mexico border as fentanyl seizures skyrocket WDRB News gets inside look at $11 million, high-tech drones used to patrol US-Mexico border