EL PASO, Texas -- Wednesday Sen. John Cornyn weighed in on the issue of a possible wall being built across the U.S. Mexico border.

He said he recognizes the controversy surrounding the construction of a wall, which he does not anticipate happening soon.

"No one is suggesting that we're willing to have a 2,000-mile wall placed on our southern border. For one thing, people can come over walls, they can come under walls and they can come through walls if they're not maintained, " said U.S. Sen. Cornyn.

Cornyn said he believes the best way to tackle border security is by increasing the amount of border patrol agents, using military technology and then putting fencing in some hard-to-control places.