Immigration

Chuck Grassley: Any DACA deal ‘has to include robust border security’ — and not just a wall

By Kelly Cohen
Published October 3, 2017 3:02pm ET
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Chuck Grassley: Any DACA deal ‘has to include robust border security’ — and not just a wall
"We all have empathy for these young people, who came to this country through no fault of their own. And, for many of them, it is the only country they know." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said any potential legislation on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals must include “robust border security” — and not just a wall.

In his opening statement at a committee hearing on the program commonly known as DACA, the Iowa Republican added robust border security doesn’t necessarily “mean a wall.”

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