ImmigrationFinding
Congress should fund more physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
This would pay for additional fencing or wall along the southern border. It concerns construction funding, not other kinds of border enforcement.
Jeff Merkley
a 21-foot ladder defeats a 20-foot wall. There are smarter strategies for border security
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