GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I will admit that I am pleased that the
deal
worked out between Democratic leadership and Republicans to keep the
government open until October does not include funding for the
President's ``tremendous'' border wall. But let's put that in
perspective. A border wall will not deport thousands of people living and working
in cities across the Nation or moms and dads in my neighborhood. A
border wall will not deport anyone, and I seriously doubt it would do
any good keeping anyone out, either. Building a 3,000-mile wall is a hugely expensive boondoggle to solve
a policy problem many say we don't have. Border apprehensions have been
going down steadily for years, and now we have people fleeing violence
and persecution who are so scared of us they are deciding not to come
to America and are applying for asylum somewhere else.
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