Border Wall Works, Helps Curb Illegal Immigration, Biden Appointee Testifies

The wall at the U.S.-Mexico border is effective in curbing illegal immigration, an appointee of President Joe Biden testified this week. “I believe a border barrier can help mitigate the flow,” Melissa Dalton, the assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, told senators in Washington on Jan. 23. President Biden told reporters in the fall of 2023 the opposite. “No,” he said at the time, after being asked if the wall works. A wall works as “part of a system of border security management,” Ms. Dalton said this week, as she faced questioning from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee....