Top Republican says wall can be built with money seized from cartels

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Washington Times:

Money seized from Mexican drug cartels would be used to build the border wall, under a new bill introduced Wednesday by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., the House Republican who oversees immigration.

The bill calls for the Justice Department to study ways to increase forfeitures from Mexican drug cartels, and says whatever money the government already does seize should be used to pay for a wall, other physical barriers or technology that would deter illegal crossings.

Mr. Sensenbrenner said it seemed like an easy solution that wouldn’t put more strain on the U.S.-Mexico relationship, which has become tense in the wake of President Trump’s vow to make Mexico pony up funds to build his wall.