When you build a 12-foot wall, they will find a 14-foot ladder, or they will tunnel under it, or they will find other ways to get around, if we don't have a comprehensive system of identifying who is valid to be in this country and who should not be.
Napolitano emphasizes the ineffectiveness of walls without a comprehensive immigration system.
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