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Conor O'Callaghan: “The notion that we can build a wall from the Pacific Ocean…”

Featuring: Conor O'Callaghan, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 1

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Conor O'Callaghan on BBC News

Published | Video Starts at 04:13

And I think you have to have that lived experience because, you know, we don't have enough time to get into all of it. But just this The notion that we can build a wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico is completely absurd. when you actually spend time at the border. There are so many physical reasons why that's just impossible between livestock, wild animals, the marginess of the ground. (04:13–04:22)

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Asserts that building a continuous wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is impractical.

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