An artist's rendering of a potential new wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. "The wall is another attempt to separate and divide us," Lara said in testimony to the Senate Governmental Organization Committee. " Senate Bill 30 won committee passage on a party-line vote, with Republicans expressing concern about the need for additional border security. Lara told lawmakers he will amend the bill to exclude any work by a company — including current bids on border wall projects — that takes place prior to the bill's becoming law. Trump's campaign promise of a new border wall remains in limbo in Washington, as members of Congress on both sides of the aisle voice skepticism about its funding.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 25, 2017 19:16 UTC