we have to walk in faith. feel our own vulnerability to care for ourselves and others. reporter: in the border county of texas, more than 3,500 deaths in a county of less than 1 million. i m not sure everyone has slowed down enough to really understand who s missing and what s missing. well, joining us now is a medical analyst. dr. wynn, i remember when covid first started and hearing about people were linking it to the spanish flu, and me thinking naively, 7,000 people, americans killed, that could never happen again. we have modern medicine. though we had vaccines, how did we just go so wrong? that s the question that we ll be answering for
sign in the world. if you don t stop here, about a 400th foot drop to the rio grande which means it s 400th feet up. the sheriff and others call these cliffs god s wall which lines the river throughout much of the county and why the sheriff has thought the concept of a continues border wall made little sense. other parts of the county s border are level as the rio grande runs through heavy brush. in a flat area like this, it s easier to cross the river and you have this money, would you use any of it for wall or use it for more people or more technology? i wouldn t use it for a wall. i would use it for technology. reporter: the sheriff says every dime received should be spent on law enforcement and technology. the county has a small population but it s about 2,400 square miles. the sheriff only has four deputies and very few border patrol agents. most of the time only cows
want a wall. reporter: keith hughes is a border county sheriff and remote county in texas where illegal immigration apprehensions have increased over the last year. how big of a problem do you think illegal immigration is? i think it s going to definite state our countries one of these days if we don t do anything about it, if it hasn t already. reporter: no sheriff on the border county gave president trump a bigger support in this county. i think he is doing a great job myself. reporter: the president during his oval office speech says professionals want or need a wall. do you want or need a wall in your county? no, sir. do not. . either one. do not need one, do not have one. reporter: he says they already have one. a natural one. the rio grande which separates the u.s. and mexico. this stop sign. may not be more mandatory stop