The US Homeland Security secretary reportedly visited Israel's fenced-off border with Egypt to get ideas for the US border with Mexico
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen inspected Israel's fenced-off border with Egypt on Tuesday for ideas for the US border with Mexico, where President Donald Trump has pledged to build a wall, Israel Radio reported.
Trump has said the United States needs a wall along its 3,200 km (2,000 mile) southern border to prevent illegal immigrants entering from Mexico and that country should pay for the project.
Mexico has rejected that idea and the funding dispute has fueled US domestic dissent.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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