Posted on 02/01/2017 8:01:31 PM PST by jazusamo
MCALLEN, Texas – EXCLUSIVE: In his first television interview as Homeland Security secretary, retired four-star Marine Gen. John F. Kelly told Fox News he wants the U.S.-Mexico border wall finished in two years – setting an ambitious schedule for the project ordered last week by President Trump.
"The wall will be built where it's needed first, and then it will be filled in. That's the way I look at it," Kelly said. "I really hope to have it done within the next two years."
Fox News traveled with Kelly in McAllen, Texas, on Wednesday where he saw first-hand the challenges for Border Patrol agents. The Rio Grande Valley, known as the "RGV sector," is among the busiest. On any given day, Border Patrol agents pick up at least 600 people who have crossed the Mexican border, entering the U.S. illegally.
Those personnel, he explained, are all part of the broader plan for securing the border.
"Any discussion about the protection of our southwest border involves discussion of physical barriers but also of technological sensors, things like that,” he said. “But it's a layered approach, and it’s got to be backed up by great men and women who are going to make sure that the wall is intact."
But first, the department faces the tough task of funding – and then building – what would be the largest-ever construction project undertaken by the president who made his name in real estate.
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I’m looking for a retirement job.
If anybody is looking at pouring a slab or building anything with concrete, you might want to get ‘er done....lol
Kind of makes Jeh Johnson look like the putz he is.
Absolutely! Worth repeating.
LOL
I hope this is a substantial wall we can be proud of, and will make it nearly impossible for people to climb over.
If he keeps up like this I’ll love him MORE than Reagan..?
I didn’t think that was possible.
I hear you...I truly believe that President Trump is the right man at precisely the right time.
Git er Done, with American concrete and Mexican money!
Retirement job? How about becoming a Minute-man? All you need is a lawn chair, umbrella, binoculars, and a cell phone. Bring a radio to listen to the big fella.
2 years? How about 18 months? Just in time for election day 2018.
Dang! Still no mention of land mines...
aAny pics of the wall?
We can hope though...
Not that I am aware of.
Better than Reagan?
That’s what I See.
That’s what I did in Campo California.
Now we're cooking with gas! Someone in charge who knows WTH the score is and has the know-how and the will to make it happen! Must finish it in 2 years in case the Republicans lose the House or Senate in 2018.
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