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On the recordApril 27, 2016
A great, great wall on our Southern border may grab headlines, but this simplistic and knee-jerk proposal represents only the latest in a series of reckless, legally dubious, and economically unsound--not to mention just plain dumb--campaigns carried out in the name of border security.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva argues against the effectiveness and rationale of building a border wall.

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