No House or Senate members from the region express support for the funding proposal
Not a single member of Congress who represents the territory on the southwest border said they support President Donald Trump’s request for $1.4 billion
to begin construction of his promised wall, according to a Wall Street Journal survey
.. That includes nine members of the House and eight senators across four states: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
.. Many Republicans responded that the Trump approach is overly focused on a physical barrier rather than other approaches to border security, such as technology, that experts say can be more effective and less expensive.
.. in an interview, she said walls do little to stop criminal organizations from getting across the border. “They will go over, through or under physical barriers, sometimes pretty quickly,” she said.
.. Mr. Hurd, whose district includes 800 miles along the border, describes a wall as “the most expensive and least effective way to secure the border.”
.. “The idea of a wall sounds good as campaign rhetoric, but the campaign is over and we need to offer the American people real solutions, not a false sense of security,” Mr. Gonzalez said.