Clay Higgins actually said...

The passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 authorized the construction of border barriers for th...

These safeguards are in place for a reason. They should be observed.

I thank our witnesses who traveled from the border to be here today to provide an on-the-ground perspective.

This waiver authority was a deliberate act by the Congress to avoid endless years of litigation that would make construction impossible.