Border Patrol Chiefs Say Walls Would Improve Border Security

A Border Patrol agent instructs illegal immigrants who crossed the Rio Grande into El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Dec. 19, 2022. John Moore/Getty Images

A pair of Border Patrol sector chiefs called for more border wall construction during a hearing in the House Oversight and Government Accountability Committee on Tuesday.

Gloria Chavez, the chief patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley sector in Texas, and John Modlin, the chief patrol agent for the Tucson sector in Arizona, both called for more wall construction in their respective sectors.