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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordApril 9, 2019
Personally, I don't think spending tens of billions of dollars on a wall is going to change that equation.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington
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Editor's note · Context

Smith expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of building a border wall.

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