southern border, quote, entirely if he didn t get wall funding. you experienced a situation where the border with tijuana was closed for six hours for some reason and you said the economic impact just to san diego was $5 million. what would the economic impact be for prolonged closure of the border? it would be devastating. we need a safe and security and open border for that flow of trade and commerce, not just for san diego but for california and the country. i ve been pushing for investments in more personnel, the infrastructure itself at the border. we re the largest land port of entry crossing in north america, over 100,000 people every day. we re actually looking at making another border crossing with smart, secure technology. that s what we need to be doing is opening up, building bridges. free trade works.