Biden nominee backs US-funded border wall in Jordan ‘to provide physical security’
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Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., quizzed President Biden's nominee to serve as ambassador to Jordan on the importance of border wall security, drawing a contrast to the U.S.
"In fact, the omnibus last year provides for at least $150 million for border security in Jordan. It's a large amount of taxpayer dollars. And if you think about the purpose of this, it's to provide physical security, to keep people from illegally crossing into Jordan, isn't that correct?" Hagerty asked. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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"It is to provide physical security, to stop drug smugglers, to deal with the threat of Jordan's neighbor, Syria. Obviously, the conflict there continues, and it's a dangerous neighborhood," Lempert replied.