![Should we have border security there? Yes. But the idea of the United States erecting a wall for the world to see makes a lie of everything we say about ourselves. It's a little bit like why the President [Barack Obama] and I feel so strongly about closing Guantanamo. It is inconsistent with who we are.](/assets/img/quote-photos/should-we-have-border-security-there-yes-but-the-idea-of-the-united-states-erec.jpg)
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