‘Angel mom’ demands Trump’s wall: ‘We’ve become collateral damage’

By Paul Bedard

Published January 14, 2019 2:24pm ET

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‘Angel mom’ demands Trump’s wall: ‘We’ve become collateral damage’ — A passerby pauses at a makeshift memorial at Guerrero Park for Mesa police Officer Brandon Mendoza, who died when his vehicle collided on a Tempe, Ariz., freeway ramp after Raul Silva Corona drove 35 miles in the wrong direction on three freeways early Monday morning, on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Mesa, Ariz. | (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

Fed up that little has been done to thwart illegal immigration since her son was killed in a car wreck with an undocumented alien in 2014, an “angel mom” is joining President Trump’s efforts to build a border wall.

“I want to have the border wall funded. We need to have border security,” Mary Ann Mendoza said in an online ad posted by the pro-Trump group America First Policies.

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