# A wall won't solve America's border problems

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Salon Border Stories
- Speaker: Will Hurd
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/will_hurd_a_wall_won_t_solve_america_s_border_problems)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"Building a 30-foot-high concrete structure from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security," says Congressman Will Hurd, a Republican from Texas whose district encompasses two times zones and shares an 820-mile border with Mexico. Speaking from Washington, DC in a video interview with former state attorney general Anne Milgram, Hurd discusses the US government's border policy and its controversial detention and child separation practices -- and lays out steps toward a better future at the border. (Recorded at the TED World Theater in New York on September 10, 2019)

## Lectures

1. [A wall won't solve America's border problems](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/will_hurd_a_wall_won_t_solve_america_s_border_problems/19fa76ad3166), 18 min (TED's player)