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A full border wall isn’t needed right now, but Texas needs it badly

By Eddie Scarry
Published September 13, 2019 12:01am ET
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A full border wall isn’t needed right now, but Texas needs it badly
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent passes birdwatcher Nancy Hill, 81, along a section of the border wall Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in Hidago, Texas. | Eric Gay/AP

An Associated Press report on Thursday teased “450 miles of border wall” that might be built by 2020, which sounds like a lot. But then you get to the crucial part of the article — it’s starting in Arizona.

Newsflash: almost nobody is crossing the border illegally in Arizona right now.

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