Coons (D-Del.), in an interview with Fox News’s “Fox & Friends,” urged the president to stick with his proposal, made to Democrats over the weekend alongside additional funding for other needs at the southern border. The lawmaker called the idea “a minor but important difference in technology,” with the caveat that Trump has at times been inconsistent in his demands and rhetoric on the issue.
“A fourth century concrete wall that you can’t see through will be a less effective border barrier,” Coons said Monday, noting that the president is seeking additional wall funding even as his administration has yet to exhaust money already appropriated by Conrgess.
“I am someone who is willing to see more border fencing as long as we choose a technology that DHS says is going to be effective and I do think his moving towards steel slats rather than concrete wall, if it holds, is important.”