President Trump is facing pressure from lawmakers in border districts to abandon plans for a wall and focus instead on modernizing security for the nation’s border crossings.
The border lawmakers say Trump should be seeking funds for technology and staffing at legal ports of entry on the Mexican border to improve security and improve crossing times.
Rep. Filemon Vela (D-Texas) on Wednesday called for a $4 billion investment for those efforts in place of what he said was Trump’s “misguided insistence on physical barrier funding.”
View the complete January 6 article by Rafael Bernal on The Hill website here.