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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
Franco Ordonez

Why the right is grateful to Democrats for opposing Trump's border wall

WASHINGTON _ Conservative groups, in a strange twist of politics, say they're grateful to Democrats for fighting President Donald Trump's border wall.

It's not that they're against the idea of a wall. But conservative immigration advocates say they want a wall that also comes with stronger border security measures and tougher enforcement away from the borders.

They see the Democrats as the ones saving the country from a policy they say would do little to reduce illegal immigration and likely increase it.

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