the president will head to the border on thursday. it s likely that he will go visit somewhere in the rio grande sector of texas. that s an area where physical barriers, there are some south of mcallen, texas. just above reynosa, the mexican city there. but they are very small, just a few miles of steel barricade. it s not an area where a big, tall fence would really work because there is a lot of private landowners who are against the rio grande. they won t want a wall built there on their property, to cut them off from access to the river. the president making more clear in a letter to the appropriations committee chairman in the senate, richard shelby, exactly what he s looking for. the president asking in the letter for a request for $5.7 billion for construction of a steel barrier for the southwest border, a physical barrier wall creates an enduring capability that helps field personnel stop, slow down, and/or contain the illegal entries. the requested fund construction of a tota
area. there are large swats in new mexico, california where it would. in a letter to richard shelby, the president adding some detail to what he wants saying, quote, the president requests $5.7 billion for construction of a steel barrier for the southwest border, a physical barrier wall creates an enduring capability that helps field personnel stop, slow down and/or contain illegal entries. the full request would fund construction of total of approximately 234 miles of new physical barrier. the president, as you mentioned at the top, too, has dropped language about a concrete wall, now saying it would be a high steel slat barrier. saying if democrats don t give me what he wants he may build it himself by declaring a national emergency. listen here. we re looking at a national emergency. because we have a national emergency. just read the papers. we have a crisis at the border of drugs, of human beings being trafrbged all over the world. they re coming through.