Page 31 - Border District News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Let's begin with the shutdown. your one of nine members who represented district along the southern border with mexico. at this point you're the only republican representing a border district. you along with every other member on this map that we are showing aligned next to mexico, you opposed to demand for a new wall. your district makes up a third of the entire boerd with mexico about 820 miles of territory whether president trump wants to build a wall across. tell us why you oppose the president's plan on this specific issue. >> i think building a concrete structure is a most expensive and ...

A republican, republican will hurd from texas. you speak from experience. you are in a border district. this is not a theoretical argument to you. you are at the border. what do you think about the president digging in for $5.7 billion for a physical structure along a southern border. >> first and foremost if this is indeed a crisis, the people dealing with the crisis should get paid. i was just down on the border this weekend and talked to men and women on border patrol. they used color language i can't put on television how they felt about working without pay and the shutdown. flying through...

More complicated. >> cornyn is not alone when it comes to republicans questioning trump's plans for the border. in fact, a lot of them don't agree with the wall at all. here's congressman will hurd, who has a border district. >> you can't build a wall from sea to shining sea. it just doesn't work. it's the most expensive way to do border security and it's the least effective. >> most expensive, least effective. his district is the largest district that borders the border wall or what would be the border wall. and cornyn told cnn back in february of 2017, quote, i don't think we're just going t...

I represent a border district and i chair the border security subcommittee. and i'm working with president trump to make sure we built a wall, secure the border, close these crazy loopholes that are taken advantage of every day, and move forward in a way that is protecting americans. my opponent was actually an activist helping people cross illegally in her past and even though she has had an amazing political makeovers, she has voted to support sanctuary cities. and a really important vote here that's meaningful in arizona is she voted against grant's law, and the angel families have endorsed...

States, new mexico, arizona, and nevada. [chanting build that wall] >> oh, we are building. >> this border district is unique in that the democratic candidate is talking tough about border security, too. >> we need to secure our borders and enforce our laws against traffickers and violent criminals. and instead of wasting billions on a new border wall or separating families, let's actually fix the process for work visas and provide a pathway to citizenship for those without a criminal record. >> ultimately for her herrel this isn't just about protecting the border it's about protecting preside...