Flashback: Democrats Supported the U.S. Border Fence Before They Were Against It

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 Flashback: Democrats Supported the U.S. Border Fence Before They Were Against It
Posted By Cameron Cawthorne On January 6, 2017 @ 2:53 pm In Issues | No Comments

Democratic members of Congress have been critical of President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-illegal immigration proposal of building a wall on the Mexico-United States border since he proposed it on the campaign trail in the fall of 2015, but several Democrats voted in support of similar legislation in 2006.

Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.) proposed the Secure Fence Act of 2006 legislation to help secure the America’s borders to help minimize drug trafficking and immigrants from illegally entering the United States by building 700 miles of physical barriers along the border.

While there were some Democrats who opposed the legislation due to cost restraints and concerns about the environmental impact of the fence, several prominent Democrats supported the legislation in the Senate, including Sen. Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.), former Sen. Barack Obama (D., Ill.), and former Sen. Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.).
 

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