(Ed.'s Note: Barbed wire was hailed as the end to cattle drives that used to cross the prairies and llanos of Texas such as the famous ones like Jesse Chisholm Trail that, ironically, had its start in Brownsville. The reason it started in Brownsville was because that was the place where cattle stolen in Mexico were forded over the Rio Grande.
Just last week, U.S. troops stretched the coils of wire past Hope Park, the site where a plaque commemorates the start of the Chisholm Trail here.
Now, that barbed wire is not meant to stop the cattle drives, but to stop human beings from crossing the river and seeking asylum in the United States. Strange things are happening in this year, 2018. For Trump, it is the best of times. For the rest of us who aren't in his "base," it couldn't possibly be worse.)