[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 200 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                            Border Security

  Mr. President, as far as the comments that were made by the minority 
leader from New York, it is easy to stand here and talk about this. 
Yes, I know the Democrats--they have all gotten together, and they 
don't want to have a wall, but they are going to have a wall. Walls 
work.
  Look at the record of having walls. San Diego built their wall in 
1992, and illegal traffic dropped 92 percent after that. Ninety-two 
percent. El Paso built their wall--I remember when that was built--in 
1993, and illegal traffic dropped 72 percent. Tucson built their wall 
in 2000, and illegal traffic dropped 90 percent. Yuma, in Arizona, 
built theirs in 2005, and illegal traffic dropped. It has happened 
everywhere. Just look at Israel and the successes they have had and how 
many Israelis would be dead today if it weren't for the wall they have.
  We are one of the few countries without a wall. We are going to have 
a wall, and it is going to be funded. So if anyone is listening to what 
is going on down here, just be assured that we are going to have our 
wall.