Four Years Ago We Built A Private Border Wall – We MAY Be Coming Back

A cancer diagnosis on my birthday (June 2, the same day we finished the border wall in 2019) set me back a bit when I was writing this story, but all the tests and scans are done, so here I am finishing it up.

It’s the fourth anniversary of the construction of our (We Build the Wall’s) historic border wall, which was made possible by the American people.

Triple-amputee veteran war hero Brian Kolfage founded We Build the Wall, and Steve Bannon was brought in to consult on the project. I was the videographer/photographer, and news editor. I along with Foreman Mike were the only two from WBTW present for the construction of the ultra-secret project in order to keep it from leaking to the public, news media, or people who wanted to stop us.

Before and after shots

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I visited the wall late last year as part of my 3-state border tour. It’s still as solid as the day we finished it. Throughout this article you will find photo slideshows with pictures I took of the construction of the wall and from after along with videos.

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We Build the Wall’s border wall in Sunland Park, NM, 2022. Photo by Jeff Rainforth

We had donated to a second historic border wall project done by the construction company we had contracted (Fisher Industries), and we were about to begin on a third wall when leftist-globalist stormtroopers moved in to stop us before we gained major momentum and sealed the border through private means.

I took the below photo of the second border wall in Mission, TX, with a drone.

WBWT contributed millions to this wall project of Fisher Industries – Drone photo by Jeff Rainforth

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UPDATE Sept. 4, 2023: I will be covering the entire border non-stop with ground cameras and drones if we get monthly recurring contributions totaling $5000. I paid for my border tour last year and invested/spent around $20,000, mostly for pro-camera equipment. With small donors chipping in monthly, I’ll be able to stay on the border and visit all of the hotspots where mass illegal crossings happen. If we don’t reach the $5000 or it’s deemed not feasible to do continuous coverage, contributions will be refunded minus the payment processor’s transaction fee. I would do it myself, but it’s very expensive doing this kind of reporting. If border security is important to you, contribute today!

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The globalists had to shut us down because they can’t have the people being in control.

The globalist powers that be want all control, and the enslavement of freedom-loving Americans whose families built the most powerful and freest nation in the history of the world.

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The globalists want to import people they can easily control by giving them free things, thus, they believe, those people will in turn vote for their political candidates so the “free stuff” keeps coming, and their elected officials will be able to continue to dismantle the freedoms Americans enjoy under the Constitution, especially the freedoms guaranteed in the 1st and 2nd Amendments which guarantee free speech and firearms rights in order that we have the ability to successfully resist and overcome despots and tyrannical rulers who get elected… by promising free things.

Concrete pumper crane and the wall. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW

That said, the globalists did shut us down, but we may be coming back.

  • Massive dust storms sweeping over the mountain made wearing protective gear while filming a necessity.
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When I was 19, I escaped a hardcore gang that was supplied by Mexican drug cartels with the ingredients to manufacture the deadly drug methamphetamine in mass quantities.

The gang I escaped from controlled the meth trade in California where I grew up. I also escaped a hardcore addiction to the drug at the same time and never went back. I became an addict at 16 when I was introduced to the drug in high school and I almost bled to death from an overdose the same year.

Me in high school – I was raised in a traditionalist Christian household but got sucked into a rock-n-roll lifestyle

The gang poisoned me with strychnine and possibly battery acid as I was trying to get out, and later, a top member attempted to set me up for a shooting. Members of the gang also killed two young women for going to the police in my hometown.

  • Construction went on from sunup until past midnight in order to complete the wall before leftist politicians could stop it. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
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For years while I was addicted to the drug and the gang was controlling me, I lived on the streets, in broken-down cars, in the open, and in half-built buildings, often a victim of crime. The perfect storm of drugs, the gang, and the streets trapped me in a maelstrom.

When I got the chance to work with triple-amputee vet Brian Kolfage’s “We Build the Wall,” border wall organization, I was ecstatic. We were going to take on the drug cartels & criminals gangs that worked with them.

I had worked with Kolfage on his projects for years, but this was the biggest one yet.

Kolfage & I at Newport Beach, 2017.
Kolfage and I at his border wall in Sunland Park, NM

I’ve always hated the cartels and gangs since they inexorably sent my life into a death spiral in my early formative years. Working with the border wall project was a small way to get back at the scum criminal terrorists who should be completely wiped out with zero mercy for their targeting of American children and young adults.

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Four years ago, on May 18th, 2019, to be exact, I began filming the construction of the first-ever, privately funded border wall that cut off 17 cartel drug paths leading into El Paso, Texas.

Filming the WBTW border wall construction site in NM – Massive dust storms forced me to wear protective gear

We finished placing the last main bollard section of the wall on my birthday, June 2nd, 2019.

Workers would continue working on paving the 30% grade road that was put in for Border Patrol to get up the mountain faster.

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The terrain was a desert mountain wasteland. The U.S. government said it would be impossible to build a wall there. But Fisher Industries, the company contracted to build the wall, did the impossible, and it was a sight to see.

You can see how tough the terrain was. Fisher chewed up that mountain and transformed it in a week. Border Patrol called the power poles “Triple pole.” It’s how they knew were they were.

Below are a few photos from a scouting trip we took to check out various properties to build the wall on.

Below is another slideshow of photos I took as we neared completion of the wall.

  • My camcorder recorded this shot of the wall and me on the cliff above. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
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Here are a few video clips from the hundreds of hours of footage I shot of the construction of the wall. I just put this montage together for the 4th anniversary, and some clips have never been seen.

And here are some photos of the completed wall on the day we finished, and some from my last trip there late in 2022.

  • June 2, 2019, placing the final bollard section. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
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  • Me on the cliff.
  • The final section going in. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • At the WBTW border wall in Sunland Park, NM, October 2022
  • At the We Build the Wall border wall in Sunland Park, NM, late 2022

UPDATE Sept. 4, 2023: I will be covering the entire border non-stop with ground cameras and drones if we get monthly recurring contributions totaling $5000. I paid for my border tour last year and invested/spent around $20,000, mostly for pro-camera equipment. With small donors chipping in monthly, I’ll be able to stay on the border and visit all of the hotspots where mass illegal crossings happen. If we don’t reach the $5000 or it’s deemed not feasible to do continuous coverage, contributions will be refunded minus the payment processor’s transaction fee. I would do it myself, but it’s very expensive doing this kind of reporting. If border security is important to you, contribute today!

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As for We Build the Wall coming back, I’ve asked a lot of the people who were involved, especially donors, whether or not we should even attempt it. It’s a major undertaking, and I’m one of the only ones who was on the project who the feds didn’t come after (because I was the videographer/news editor and didn’t know anything about the sausage being made).

I explained that massive walls aren’t always necessary. Kolfage and Bannon sent me on a world-wide tour to film border walls in other countries for a documentary WBTW was going to produce. I saw all types of border defense structures, ranging from massive ones like in Israel to 30-foot-tall wire fences (3 fences deep) in north Africa. A lot can be done with less money by exploring various options.

Below are some drone shots of the wall I took during between 2019 and late in 2022 plus some random photos.

  • Drone shot of the wall. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Oct. 2022 drone shot. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
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  • Oct. 2022 drone shot. Me having fun. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Oct. 2022 drone shot. More fun. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Oct. 2022 drone shot. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
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  • Putting in the flagpoles. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
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I explained that the first wall we built cost around $8 million, mostly because of the harsh mountain terrain.

I did a little digging and found the costs for various border structures around the world, some that I visited:

Israel’s border fence with Egypt cost $2,965,000 per mile. Hungary’s electric border fence cost 972,000 per mile, Spain’s fence cost $5.1 million per mile, and the Belarus–Lithuania 312 mile border fence cost 522,435 per mile, the cheapest of the ones I checked.

The slideshow below shows border structures in Israel, Hungary, and Spain’s territory of Melilla in North Africa. I took the photos during the tour (some photos are screenshots of videos and may be a bit blurry).

  • Reporting from Israel's border with Palestine.
  • Israel's border fence with Egypt. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Israel's border fence with Egypt. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Israel's border fence with Egypt. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Israel's border fence with Egypt. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Israel's border fence with Egypt. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Israel's border fence with Egypt. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Israel's border fence with Egypt. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Filming on Israel's border. My security guide took this video. This is a screenshot.
  • Israel's border fence with Egypt. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Me at the Israeli-Egypt border
  • Hungary's electric border fence with Serbia. It was built to keep out ISIS terrorists and illegal immigrants from the Middle East. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Hungary's electric border fence with Serbia. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Hungary's electric border fence with Serbia. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Hungary's electric border fence with Serbia. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Hungary's electric border fence with Serbia. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Hungary's electric border fence with Serbia. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Spain's triple border fence in Melilla, North Africa. (video screenshot) Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Spain's triple border fence in Melilla, North Africa. (video screenshot) Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Spain's triple border fence in Melilla, North Africa. (video screenshot) Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Spain's triple border fence in Melilla, North Africa. (video screenshot) Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Spain's triple border fence in Melilla, North Africa. (video screenshot) Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Spain's triple border fence in Melilla, North Africa. (video screenshot) Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Spain's triple border fence in Melilla, North Africa. (video screenshot) Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Spain's triple border fence in Melilla, North Africa. (video screenshot) Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • China's Great Wall. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW

The high-voltage electrified fence I saw in Hungary is an option, although there would surely be major legal hurdles and the problem of supplying power in hard-to-reach areas.

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I believe if WBTW came back, to get the most coverage of the border while spending the least amount of money would be to use triple strand concertina wire. Various companies make rapid deployment systems, and it’s easy to attach sensors to the concertina if needed.

Yes, it’s not a wall, but we’re looking at doing the most with the least. This type of barrier can be cut, but it’s so cheap it could be easily fixed or even new portions redeployed.

For one mile of triple strand concertina, it would cost about $4700 for just the wire.

That’s based on small diameter concertina, though. We would want a much larger diameter, plus the deployment system. I plan on doing some checking on costs. Even if it’s ten times that amount, or $47,000 per mile, it’s a far cry from the $8 million we spent on a 3/4 mile wall.

The deployment system would be a one-time purchase, which would mean it wouldn’t be included in future budgeting, all that would be needed is the concertina, so, it may be around $10,000 per mile.

I haven’t found a company in the U.S. that makes the deployment systems, they are all based in China, which is problematic as we would want to have everything made in America. We would have to contract an American company.

I saw concertina wire being used all over the border during my last 3-state border tour late in 2022.

Here’s a short slideshow.

  • Eagle Pass, TX, border. Photo by Jeff Rainforth 2022
  • Eagle Pass, TX, border. Photo by Jeff Rainforth 2022
  • Eagle Pass, TX, border. Photo by Jeff Rainforth 2022
  • Eagle Pass, TX, border. Photo by Jeff Rainforth 2022
  • Eagle Pass, TX, border. Photo by Jeff Rainforth 2022
  • Yuma, AZ, border. Photo by Jeff Rainforth 2022
  • Yuma, AZ, border. Photo by Jeff Rainforth 2022

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Of course, we would consult with Border Patrol to see what would help them the most.

Here are a few photos of the massive waves of illegal immigrants entering the country I took on my most recent 3-state border tour late in 2022.

  • Yuma, AZ. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Yuma, AZ. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Eagle Pass, TX. Drone photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Sunland Park, NM. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • We Build the Wall's border wall in Sunland Park, NM, 2022. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Eagle Pass, TX, 2022- Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Me on Bannon's War Room at WBTW's border wall
  • Yuma AZ, 2022 - Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Eagle Pass, TX, 2022 - Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Yuma, AZ, 2022 - Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Yuma, AZ, 2022 - Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Yuma, AZ, 2022 - Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Eagle Pass, TX, 2022 - Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Eagle Pass, TX, 2022 - Photo by Jeff Rainforth

In the slideshow below are photos of Project 2 in Mission, Texas. WBTW contributed a few million to that and Kolfage designed the structure in CAD (he’s an architect).

  • Project 2 border wall Mission, Texas. Fisher Industries built the wall, Brian Kolfage, who is an architect, designed it in CAD. WBTW contributed about $2 million for the project. Drone photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • The first border wall ever built right on the Rio Grande River. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
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  • Just hanging out at the first border wall ever built right on the Rio Grande River
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The response restarting WBTW was overwhelmingly positive, and many former donors said they would be interested in contributing again.

It would be a massive undertaking, though. I would not entertain it for one second unless I thought it could be done. I mean, it can be done; it would just take a single person an inordinate amount of time. Basically, it would be a life mission, considering the number of border barriers that need to be constructed.

The slideshow below has photos of WBTW founder Brian Kolfage.

  • Sheriff Clarke, Brian Kolfage, and Rep. Louie Gohmert at the wall. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Brian Kolfage, Kris Kobach, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr. at the WBTW wall during a photoshoot by Jeff Rainforth
  • Kolfage with a film producer (R) and his Border Patrol wife (L). Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Kolfage looking at bricks which were bought by supporters to be placed at the base of the WBTW wall. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Brian Kolfage at night at the top of the wall. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
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  • Kolfage and Steve Bannon at an WBTW event. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
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  • Brian Kolfage, a Border Patrol agent, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr. at the WBTW wall during a photoshoot by Jeff Rainforth
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  • The wall's command center. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
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  • Kolfage flying a drone at night. Photo by Jeff Rainforth
  • Kolfage speaks on the day the wall was unveiled to the public about a week prior to it being completed. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
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  • Foreman Mike. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
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  • Shooting a documentary. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW
  • Kolfage on a scouting trip. Photo by Jeff Rainforth for WBTW

We would have to construct the border barriers on privately owned or state-owned lands. Under this administration, there is no way anyone could get permission to build on federally owned land.

That said, you have to contact the landowners individually to see if they are open to constructing barriers on their properties. I was on all the WBTW scouting trips where we visited landowners in person. It’s a major undertaking because a lot of the time we were out where there weren’t even paved roads, right on the border with Mexico, 20-80 miles from the nearest U.S. towns.

A Breitbart editor, Brandon Darby, was our “cartel and border expert” who went with us on those scouting missions. Darby always told me, “There are cartel scouts on the Mexico side and scouts on the US side, and there are even cartel snipers on our side of the border.” It was crazy, and it really wakes you up to what US politicians are allowing to go on. I literally became paranoid about being shot by a sniper after he told me that while we were on the border in Arizona, the closest town was Patagonia, 20 miles away.

If We Build the Wall comes back in any way beyond the research and scouting phase, there will be costs. It can be restarted easily, but if it progresses to the point where we actually start building border barriers again, there will be a lot to discuss and decide on. The donors must always be informed and have the last say as to where the funding goes.

There will be costs if building commences. There’s legal (yeah, the leftists (and feds) are going to sue so defense will be necessary), scouting trips, research, insurance, travel, contractors to build, etc. I saw it all when WBTW was formed and went into action.

Initially, though, it’s the research into whether it’s feasible that’s necessary.

I talk to the few people from WBTW who weren’t nabbed by the leftist feds almost daily. Some have moved on to non-political jobs and run huge projects. Others are still very much in the fight publicly.

If We Build the Wall comes back, it will be under 100% new management. Airman Kolfage told me he and none of the other top leaders could be involved because of what the leftist feds did. He also said it would be a bad look if they did get involved, which, understandably, it would be.

So here we are. Should we restart WBTW and REALLY get down to business?

UPDATE Sept. 4, 2023: I will be covering the entire border non-stop with ground cameras and drones if we get monthly recurring contributions totaling $5000. I paid for my border tour last year and invested/spent around $20,000, mostly for pro-camera equipment. With small donors chipping in monthly, I’ll be able to stay on the border and visit all of the hotspots where mass illegal crossings happen. If we don’t reach the $5000 or it’s deemed not feasible to do continuous coverage, contributions will be refunded minus the payment processor’s transaction fee. I would do it myself, but it’s very expensive doing this kind of reporting. If border security is important to you, contribute today!

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