Said Lloyd Doggett: “Call it a ‘wall’ or a ‘fence,’ build it with steel, not concrete, but it is still a colossal waste of taxpayers’ money for an imaginary crisis in conflict with fundamental American values.”
Besides Doggett and Escobar, four other Texas Democrats voted against the deal: Joaquin Castro, Sylvia Garcia, Vicente Gonzalez, and Filemon Vela, long an outspoken opponent of the wall.