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So without that wall, the rip crews go back and forth, back and forth. it is danger to the mexican side and our side as well. >> we were in laredo, senator cornyn led a us down to the border in various places. laredo stuck in my mind because a couple weeks earlier border patrol agents in a helicopter were shot at. they had the door with the hole in it in the briefing room. would you characterize -- a lot of people think the rio grande is wide and deep. it is actually relatively narrow and shallow. so much so they have low draft or no draft boats to get to many places because you can walk acros...

System which actually provided that levy improvement but also provide a wall in critical areas that the border patrol said they needed in order to slow down the flow of illegal immigration and drug trafficking and the like. so that's just one example of what i consider a win/win proposition and where one size does not fit all. so i appreciate your willingness to work with all of us to come up with those kind of win/win situations where possible. the chief told me that the majority of people who are coming across the border and who are detained in the rio grande valley sector are from central a...

Money. >> i understand that. but i'm saying there are many ways to do that. >> are they paying for a wall? >> my priority is to increase border security and to build that wall that will work. that's my priority, sir and what i'm focused on. >> let's talk about that. cbp estimates that building a wall will result in taking land from 900 ranchers, other landowners in two texas counties. that's just two counties. i'll insert that letter in the record. >> so ordered. >> what is your estimate of the eminent domain against landowners required in order to build a wall? >> sir, the initial wall that w...

>> yes. >> when your full plan for the border security is implemented how much of that will be in a wall versus fences or other structures? >> there are three insfra structures. a primary wall and secondary wall or access roads or the mobility piece of the mission. the current down payment request is 722 miles replacement and secondary and new wall. >> when this is fully built out would you ever envision -- i think the president said in the meeting twice in front of the press and once or twice after the press left the room he is dispensed with the notion of this large one size fits all wall, r...

Increased 63%. i'm working closely with the department of justice and attorney general. we will prosecute. this has to stop. i will not continue to put my folks in danger. >> it is very dangerous and porous and crossings happen frequently and you see the spotters out there. they retreat and come back into it. it is very dangerous. it seems odd to me that someone would not support providing you all the tools you need to keep our border patrols safe and keep communities safe. bad people are crossing the border daily. until we get serious about border security we'll continue to make this country ...