Border Patrol chief says he disagrees with Biden move to stop wall construction
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Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said at a House hearing Wednesday that he disagrees with President Biden's decision to end border wall construction in early 2021,
"I do not believe in a wall from sea to shining sea, but I do believe in infrastructure and barrier systems in concentrated areas, especially urban areas," Ortiz said. "And it's always been our practice from 2006 when I was an agent in charge in West Texas to now. But I also don't agree that we should tear down perfectly good barrier system to install something that is based upon requirements that we developed over the last few years." Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
Ortiz said that CBP had "tore down perfectly good infrastructure system in some areas that we should have but just left alone" in places like Del Rio, Texas. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.
Brecheen followed up asking him specifically about the wall that had been appropriated by the Trump administration but was then canceled by the Biden administration.