Ky. GOP Senate candidate now OK with border fence
(AP) – 8 hours ago

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul once opposed building a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border because it would remind people of the Berlin Wall, but now he says he would support it if that's what it takes to stop illegal immigrants from sneaking across.

Last year, Paul said he preferred an electronic fence that would signal authorities when people tried to cross because he didn't like the symbolism of an actual fence.

But Paul said in a statement Tuesday that the U.S. "must" put up a fence, whether electronic, physical or a combination.

Paul, the tea party-backed candidate, also repeated his call to stop granting citizenship to children of illegal immigrants.

Allison Haley, a spokeswoman for Paul's Democratic opponent, Attorney General Jack Conway, says Paul is backpedaling on the border issue.

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