DEMANDED ANSWERS.

Reporter: IT MAY TURN OUT TO

BE THE BURNING QUESTION OF THE

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. JUST WHAT

IS THE DEFINITION OF A WALL ON

THE MEXICAN BORDER?

IN 2006 NEW YORK SENATOR CHUCK

SCHUMER I NOW ONE OF THE

LEADERS OF THE ANTI-WALL FORCES,

VOTED TO BUILD 700 MILES OF

OFFENSE. THREE YEARS LATER HE

SAID PROGRESS AND ENDING

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WAS DEFINED

BY --

CONSTRUCTION OF A 630 MILE

BORDER FENCE THAT CREATE A

SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TO ILLEGAL

IMMIGRATION ON OUR SOUTHERN

LAND BORDER.

Reporter: HE SLAMMED PEOPLE

WHO CALLED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS WRONG

. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

UNTIL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE

CONVINCED THAT WE WILL STOP

FUTURE FLOWS OF ILLEGAL

IMMIGRATION WE WILL MAKE NO

PROGRESS. ON DEALING WITH THE

MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

WHO ARE HERE NOW.

Reporter: WHY NOT A WALL,

SENATOR SCHUMER?

I DEMANDED ANSWERS.

IN 2006 YOU SUPPORTED THE

SECURE FENCE ACT. IN 2009 YOU

SAID YOU WOULD SPEND COMING YOU

WOULD PAY FOR 630 MILES OF

BORDER FENCE.

IN 2013 SECURE BORDER SECURITY,

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

ALL OF THESE THINGS SUPPORTING

A WALL.

NONE OF THEM HAVE WALL IN

IT.

0. THAT'S WHY NO ONE WAS EVER

BUILT.

THERE IS NOT A NICKEL OF WALL UP

BECAUSE --

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN A WALL AND DEFENSE?

A LOT.

A FENCE WORKS.

YOU ASK THE EXPERTS.

A BIG CONCRETE WALL IS

EXPENSIVE AND DOESN'T WORK.

WHEREAS, DRONES, YOU DON'T JUST

NEED FENCING, YOU NEED DRONES,

HELICOPTERS AND YOU NEED ROADS.

THE AGENTS CAN'T GET PEOPLE

CROSSING THE BORDER BECAUSE

THEY CAN'T GET THERE.

Reporter: IN ADDITION TO

FENCING SCHUMER ALSO ARGUED THE

PRESIDENT DOESN'T NEED FIVE

ALIEN DOLLARS FOR A WALL

BECAUSE HE HAS YET TO SPEND THE

$1.7 BILLION FOR BORDER

SECURITY THEY ALREADY GAVE HIM.

THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN $341

MILLION ACCORDING TO CUSTOMS

AND BORDER PATROL FIGURES.

I WONDERED IF SCHUMER'S

OPPOSITION WAS JUST A TAD

POLITICAL?

IF BARACK OBAMA HAD ASKED FOR

FIVE IF BARACK OBAMA HAD ASKED

FOR $5 MILLION FOR A WALL WOULD

YOU HAVE GIVEN IT TO HIM?

FIRST, HE WOULDN'T HAVE MADE

SUCH A DUMB PROPOSAL THAT

NOBODY SUPPORTS.

Reporter: SAME QUESTION TO

CONGRESSMAN PETER KING, A

REPUBLICAN AGAINST THE

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN .

IF BARACK OBAMA HAD ASKED

DEMOCRATS FOR FIVE DEMOCRATS

FOR $5 BILLION TO BUILD THE WALL

WITH A HAVE GIVEN IT TO HIM?

THEY WOULD BE DOWN THERE WITH

THE BRICKS AND CEMENT PUTTING

IT RIGHT UP.

Reporter: I ASKED SCHUMER

ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S

INSISTENCE THAT HE CHANGE HIS

POSITION ON BORDER SECURITY.

WHAT YOU SAY TO HIM WHEN HE

SAID YOU FLIP-FLOPPED?

I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT FROM

2006 NO WHEN HE WOULD TALKED

ABOUT A WALL IN 2006, 2009, 13.

Reporter: IN 2009 HE ALSO

SAID --

WE MUST DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN

TO GAIN CONTROL OF OUR BORDERS

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Reporter: IN 2019 THAT MEANS

NO WALL.

CONGRESSMAN HSING SAYS SHE