The tiny town of Sanderson, in West Texas, was the setting for the book and Oscar-winning film No Country for Old Men.
It’s also within sight of the Mexican border. Here, frontier politics feel very real.
This tiny community of 694 people is on the frontline of what Trump has likened to a war.
Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland is just one line of defense in the battle to stop illegal crossings.
He showed ITV News around his vast patch and points out where migrants frequently hide, waiting for their smugglers to pick them up and take them north.
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