Collins predicts lawmakers will agree to barriers, 'but not to the degree' Trump wants

BY BRETT SAMUELS - 01/27/19 11:05 AM EST

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Sunday that she believes Congress can reach an agreement on "physical barriers" for the border, but "not to the degree the president has requested."

"I think what will happen is that the efforts to continue to build physical barriers, which have gone on in the last two administrations, will continue, but not to the degree the president has requested," Collins said on "Face the Nation" on CBS.

President Trump has maintained that the U.S. needs to build a wall along the southern border, while Democrats have refused to back funding for such a barrier.

Collins suggested that lawmakers should speak with "nonpartisan experts," like individuals with Customs and Border Protection, to determine what is most needed.

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