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On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
The passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 authorized the construction of border barriers for the first time in statute.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Highlighting the historical bipartisan support for border barrier construction.

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