In addition to the 2013 bill that DEMOCRAT Shutdown Schumer sponsored and voted for, take a look at this:
Clinton, Obama, Schumer, Boxer, Feinstein, Biden voted YEA
On October 26, 2006, U.S. President George W. Bush signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Pub.L. 109–367) into law stating, “This bill will help protect the American people. This bill will make our borders more secure."
The bill was introduced on Sep. 13, 2006 by Peter T. King (R-NY).
In the House of Representatives, the Fence Act passed 283–138 on September 14, 2006.
On September 29, 2006 – the Fence Act passed in the Senate 80–19.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/109-2006/s262
I suspect that they rely on the ability of their constituents to employ highly selective situational ethics, too, Cap'n.
Shutdown Schumer's 2013 Border Security Act, the "Southern Border Fencing Strategy" included $8 billion for "border fencing."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Security,_Economic_Opportunity,_and_Immigra tion_Modernization_Act_of_2013#Title_I_-_Border_Security
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013
Sponsored by Shutdown Schumer (D-NY)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Security,_Economic_Opportunity,_and_Immigra tion_Modernization_Act_of_2013#Title_I_-_Border_Security
The concept of the Wall did not click right away with the candidate. “Initially, Trump seemed indifferent to the idea,” writes Green. “But in January 2015, he tried it out at the Iowa Freedom Summit ... ‘One of his pledges was, ‘I will build a Wall,’ and the place just went nuts,’ said Nunberg. Warming to the concept, Trump waited a beat and then added a flourish that brought down the house. ‘Nobody,’ he said, ‘builds like Trump.’”
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The idea for building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border came from political consultants seeking a way to keep Donald Trump’s mind focused on illegal immigration. A reasonable observer might ask if that is a good reason for a wall to be the basis of U.S. immigration policy.
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