Democrats counter Trump: How about a ‘pedestrian fence’?

Published January 29, 2019 12:00am ET



Democrats who oppose President Trump’s border wall say they might be able to agree to spend $1.6 billion on new fencing along a pedestrian walkway in the Rio Grande Valley.

“I’d be willing to listen and see what those senators have to say,” said Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, about the idea of the fence. He is one of nine Democrats appointed to a committee tasked with coming up with a border security deal by Feb. 15.

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