so we sent gary tuckman to check it out. he did. here's what he found. >> reporter: when the mayor read the president's tweet claiming a fence in her community was the start of a southern border wall. she wasn't happy about it. >> we all as a community want to make sure the people out there in this country know california is not the beginning of a wall project for the trump administration. it is completely different. >> reporter: the director of international affairs for the neighboring city of mexicali wasn't as diplomatic. >> we knew it was a lie. >> reporter: the picture were taken here, we are standing in imperial county, california, in the city of calexico, on the other side of this fence, mexicali, mexico. the fence here is new. but it's a long awaited replacement fence. you can't get very close to the construction on the security conscious american side. but on the mexican side, you can get right next to it. close enough to talk to the american workers. i wanted to ask you a quick question. have you been told this is the star