Texas GOP lawmaker calls Trump border crisis a 'myth'
Republican Rep. Will Hurd (Texas) is pushing back on President Trump's claims of a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, calling the hype around illegal border crossings a “myth.”
"It is a myth," Hurd told Rolling Stone in an interview published Friday. He also called Trump’s long-desired border wall a “third-century solution to a 21st-century problem.”
“What I always say is building a wall from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security,” Hurd said.
Hurd, a former undercover CIA officer, is the only lawmaker representing a border district who is a Republican.
His district is one of the largest in the country, with the Texas 23rd Congressional District
including 820 miles of border between San Antonio and El Paso.
The Republican lawmaker told the outlet if there was a crisis of illegal border crossings, the “first step” should be paying the officials dealing with it.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/426047-gop-lawmaker-from-texas-calls-trumps-border-crisis-a-myth