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Wall, the rest is fencing. now, if you think we're just playing a game of sa memantics here, consider this, the border wall prototypes. remember those? these were the finalists. one of them was presumably to become the great border wall that the president promised during the campaign. he first toured them in march, just days before he signed that funding bill into law. so, which one is being built? because the same funding bill that allocated 1.6 billion that the president brags about, also says that money can only be spent to build designs deployed the prior year. so, no money to build anythi...

And aside from 14 miles of secondary barrier near san diego, which is still not a wall that the president promised, the rest is clearly fencing. if you think we're just playing a game of semantics, consider this -- the border wall prototypes in southern california, remember those, congress set aside $20 million to build these eight samples. these were the finalists, one of them was presumably to become the great border wall that the president promised. he first toured them in march, right before he signed the funding bill into law. so which one is being built along the border? not one of them....

Bill. nearly 1.6 billion for u.s. customs and border protection procurement construction and improvements. paying for six projects on the border. not one of them is a border wall. look, fencing, fencing, planning and design, technology. no mention of border wall. there's no mention of that phrase in the entire law. i checked. aside from 14 miles of a secondary barrier near san diego, which is still not a wall, the rest is fencing. if you think we're playing a game of semantics here, consider this. the border wall prototypes in southern california, remember those? congress set aside $20 million...

Zenophobic move that goes back. you look at some of the things immigration restriction said thing and it was always about desirability. that was an argument more acceptable to make than one's race or ethnicity. >> jacob, the president kept claiming that parts of the wall are already built. >> he's talking about nothing based in fact or reality. september 2017 on this very air, i went down to the eight different border wall prototypes that the administration has had built near san diego. none of those prototypes, not one, has been picked by congress. congress said none of those materials are to...

Border. the goal, force potential crossers into much harsher terrain like deserts or mountains that would make them think twice. the plan worked. the system of walls built over a decade helped reduce apprehensionings in the san diego area from more than half a million in 1992 to less than 1,000 last year. apprehensions in this air are as low as they've been since the '70s, i guess. >> you're welcome. >> you say it's thanks to everything you guys have done. >> i believe it is. we have thriving shopping centers, housing developments. our argument is, look at what we've done here. we can make mor...