Biden has 'no rationale' for halting border barrier construction, says former CBP chief
"If you want to have a secure border, it's going to be better off with a wall than without a wall," said Ronald Vitiello.
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By Nicholas Ballasy
Updated: March 7, 2022 - 1:14am
There is "no rationale" for President Biden continuing to halt additional border barrier construction, says former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Ronald Vitiello.
"I don't think there's rationale to stop it," Vitiello said during an interview Monday on Capitol Hill. "So agents that work the border, like I used to do, know where you have a wall you have a better security condition. Walls work. Agents know it. The data shows it, right, so there's no rationale for stopping it.
"It becomes an anchor for all of the enforcement regime that needs to occur at the border. If you want to have a secure border, it's going to be better off with a wall than without a wall. It's an anchor for the agents."
President Biden called for securing the border during his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. At the same time, his administration has stopped any construction of additional barriers along open areas of the southern border. Constructing physical barriers or "wall" along the border was a priority of the Trump Administration.
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