Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Democrats Should Cut a Border Deal With Trump

Why not throw a little money at security if it gets protection for the dreamers?

September 24, 2017 at 6:09 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

That's a lot of border.
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"We have to get massive border security," President Donald Trump declared 10 days ago.

There has to be "100 percent operational control" of America's border with Mexico, Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, likes to say.