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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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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