Paul Ryan Says U.S. Will Not Wall Off Entire Mexican Border
- Some places may just need a fence or other barrier, Ryan says
- Repealing Obamacare first order of business for Congress
Donald Trump: ‘Trust Me, We’re Going to Build a Wall’
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President-elect Donald Trump’s much-discussed Mexican wall may be a fence in places, or a barrier, or something else that secures the border, said House Speaker Paul Ryan, who also rejected the idea of a deportation force to move undocumented immigrants out of the U.S.
As Trump himself has dialed back some of his fiercest campaign rhetoric on immigration policies, Ryan -- who said he now speaks to the president-elect almost every day -- will focus on securing the border in whichever way makes sense, he said in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview broadcast on Sunday.