Border Officials Meet with Congressional Negotiators, Describe Ideal Security Trifecta
By Bridget Johnson February 6, 2019
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers on the bicameral, bipartisan conference committee trying to arrive at a border security agreement met behind closed doors today with representatives from the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection and other experts who "weren't picking and choosing" a physical barrier or technology when pressed by legislators.
"But at one point several of us on both sides of the table said you can't have it all and you can't have it tomorrow. What's the first thing you want to do? What's the highest priority? They struggled with that because they didn't want to break with the president, but it was clear to me and clear to most of us the highest priority is technology, getting it in place at ports of entry," Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said. "We can talk about barriers, fences, personnel beyond that, but let's do what's right to stop this drug epidemic in America."
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