After the Biden-Harris administration long fought to keep floating water barriers out of the Texas Rio Grande and failed, one member of the administration’s party now says the innovative idea to restrict illegal immigration was actually his to begin with.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar told Newsweek that he told Border Patrol about the idea years ago to stop illegal immigration without using border walls.

After the Biden-Harris administration long fought to keep floating water barriers out of the Rio Grande and failed, one member of the administration’s party now says the innovative idea to restrict illegal immigration was actually his to begin with.