GOP senators: Trump border wall would be more like a 'fence'

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 01/09/18 05:54 PM EST

Two Republican senators who met with President Trump on Tuesday say the president's signature campaign promise for a "big, beautiful" wall on the Mexican border is shaping up to look more like a fence.

Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) emerged from immigration negotiations with the president on Tuesday, with both telling reporters that a "fence" is the most likely outcome of any construction on the border.

"He's made it clear that he's not talking about a monolithic structure," Cornyn said. "He made the point that this could well be what other people call a fence. I think he made the point that border patrol needs to be able to see through it." The comments were echoed by Flake on MSNBC, who told "Meet The Press Daily" that the president went further than ever before to explain what the final project would look like.

"We're not talking about a 2,000-mile wall," Flake said. "Plus, the wall isn't so much a wall as it is a fence."

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