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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : All of these statutes were used by the administration to halt border wall construction, claiming there was a greater need than border security to protect a wildflower and two freshwater mussels.
48% : He said he "has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in Starr County, Texas."The statement notes that the Rio Grande Valley Sector is an area of "high illegal entry."
45% : U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the six-page filing with the Federal Register, "There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas," citing sections of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

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