Wall votes

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 authorized the construction of 700 miles of fence along the southern border and 650 miles has been built. The vote in the senate was 80 to 19 for with 23 democrats voting for including Senators Clinton, Obama, Biden and Schumer. The vote passed the house 283 to 138 including 74 democrats who voted for. In 2013 Senator Schumer introduced and passed the Border Security Act which included additional fencing. It passed 68 to 32 including 14 republicans voting for.