Jon Kyl: “this amendment simply adds $100,000 to the sum that would otherwise be appropriate to the National Guard for the purpose…”

“this amendment simply adds $100,000 to the sum that would otherwise be appropriate to the National Guard for the purpose of constructing the fence. There is some question about whether the appropriations for vehicle barriers we have in the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill will be added to construct the full number of barriers that are required. This is a very slight addition to the funding called for in the underlying amendment to help ensure we have that funding as well. What Senator Sessions and I are committed to doing is ensuring that the authorization for construction of fencing is fully funded so that we can assure our constituents that we have done everything necessary to provide the fencing on the border that the experts have said is necessary. When we talk about vehicle barriers, let me describe briefly how that fits into fencing. Fencing is primarily a way for the Border Patrol to ensure, as it patrols the border in urban areas primarily, that it is very difficult to cross. It is hard for the Border Patrol in urban areas to be able to patrol on a continuous basis and deal with the large volume of people who could come across if there is not adequate fencing.…”