{"id":226535,"date":"2021-03-15T19:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=226535"},"modified":"2021-03-15T19:00:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:00:36","slug":"sen-lankford-leaving-border-wall-95-percent-finished-makes-no-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-lankford-leaving-border-wall-95-percent-finished-makes-no-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Lankford: Leaving border wall 95 percent finished makes no sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-lankford-leaving-border-wall-95-percent-finished-makes-no-sense%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=226535&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2386705\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2386705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. James Lankford spoke during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Greg Nash\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:45 PM PT \u2013 Monday, March 15, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford (R) paid a visit to a part of the Arizona border wall that has remained unfinished under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>In a Twitter video posted on Monday, Lankford said the border wall is 95 percent done, but will never be completed under Joe Biden\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n<p>Stopping border wall construction was one of the first things Biden did after taking office.<\/p>\n<p>Many opponents of President Trump\u2019s wall said technology, such as sensors, cameras and drones, could be used to stop illegal immigration instead of a wall. However, Lankford pointed out with the current technology we have, having a semi-completed border wall makes no sense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I visited the AZ border yesterday. You can see giant gaps in fence- it\u2019s ridiculous it\u2019s 95% done &amp; won\u2019t be completed. This is a problem created by Biden\u2019s administration\u2013stopping construction weakens effectiveness of the fencing structure and the technology. It makes no sense. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aiB2bdOx8r\">pic.twitter.com\/aiB2bdOx8r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorLankford\/status\/1371541159227625472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn this area there are these giant gaps that are set up in the fence itself, that they\u2019ve got to be able to finish the fence first just to be able to finish this gap,\u201d Lankford said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got to finish the road that goes along with it, and then get the technology and the sensors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2021\/03\/15\/migrant-apprehensions-at-u-s-mexico-border-are-surging-again\/\">Pew Research<\/a>, there were almost 100,000 apprehensions at the southern border last month, which is the largest number seen since 2019.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fla-police-arrest-at-least-150-spring-breakers-amid-chaos-in-miami-beach\/\">Fla. Police Arrest At Least 150 Spring Breakers Amid Chaos In Miami Beach<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. James Lankford spoke during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing Wednesday, March 3, 2021. 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