Trump visited his border wall prototypes for the first time — and the photos are great by Michelle Mark on Mar 13, 2018, 4:30 PM Advertisement
 President Donald Trump made a long-expected visit to the Otay Mesa port of entry in San Diego, California, on Tuesday to visit eight prototypes of the wall he has promised to build along the US-Mexico border. Trump hasn't yet secured funding from Congress for the wall, but the prototypes were commissioned and unveiled last October nonetheless. Workers from six companies took a month to construct the prototypes designed to deter illegal entry of immigrants and drugs. After that, the tactical teams took over to test each stretch of wall to test against breaching, climbing, and digging. Four of the prototypes are concrete and four are made of other materials, including steel. Several prototypes have features like "see-through" grating at the bottom, piping, and metal lattices and spikes. Here's what Trump saw at the border: SEE ALSO: Trump is visiting the 8 prototypes for his border wall — see what they look like DON'T MISS: Tactical units spent weeks trying to breach and climb Trump's border wall prototypes — and they're nearly impossible to scale Both supporters and protesters showed up to greet the president and express how they felt about his long-promised wall on Tuesday. 
Protesters converged on both sides of the border — on the Mexican side in Tijuana, people hoisted up signs written in Spanish and what looked like a piñata resembling Trump. 
Trump spoke to media in front of one of the concrete prototypes, noting that it would be one of the hardest models to scale, but was disappointed it lacked the "see-through" component he desired. 
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