Mexican lawmaker climbs US-Mexico border fence, calls Trump's wall idea 'absurd'

A Mexican Congressman, Braulio Guerra, climbed the fence along the US-Mexico border to demonstrate the futility of building a wall to check illegal immigration into the US. 

 

"It's absolutely unnecessary and absurd to construct a wall," Guerra said, while sitting atop the fence. 

 

One of US President Donald Trump's campaign promises was to build such a wall and make Mexico pay for it, and he has maintained that his administration will construct one.