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«Building a 30-foot-high concrete structure from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security,» says Congressman Will Hurd, a Republican from Texas whose district encompasses two times zones and shares an 820-mile border with Mexico. Speaking from Washington, DC in a video interview with former state attorney general Anne Milgram, Hurd discusses the US government’s border policy and its controversial detention and child separation practices — and lays out steps toward a better future at the border. (Recorded at the TED World Theater in New York on September 10, 2019)
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A wall won’t solve America’s border problems | Will Hurd