Top Democrat aims to use funds for the wall to deter illegal immigration by other means

The Biden administration and a top Democrat in Congress are moving to repurpose billions of dollars for the Trump administration’s border wall to other means of achieving the same goal of deterring illegal migration.

House Appropriations Vice Chairman Henry Cuellar, a centrist Democrat who represents a district that includes 200 miles of the Texas-Mexico border, has spent weeks trying to negotiate a deal between lawmakers of both parties, federal law enforcement on the border, and President Biden’s political appointees.