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Vicente Gonzalez: “I'm certainly against a brick and mortar wall, which I think…”

Featuring: Vicente Gonzalez, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 34

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Published | Video Starts at 02:24

We should. I'm not for open borders and mass migration, and I'm trying to find ways to incentivize folks to not come across. But I'm certainly against a brick and mortar wall, which I think would be a monumental waste of money for our taxpayers. But when I met with the President, I talked about potentially a virtual wall with aerostats, with cameras, with sensors, with maybe better infrastructure along our river that would bring Real border security. (02:24–02:31)

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Asserts opposition to a physical border wall, citing it as a waste of taxpayer money.

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