The White House said the use of a border wall to stem migration into the United States “is not an effective policy,” despite an endorsement for the measure by President Joe Biden’s nominee to head U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

“We feel that it is a policy that doesn’t work. And it’s not just us. Experts have said that the border wall is not an effective policy,” principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday, adding that she would need to read the nominee’s remarks in context to comment.

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