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WASHINGTON — For

more thana year, Donald

Trump has rallied support-

ers byvowingto builda “big,

beautiful” wall along the

nearly 2,000-mile-long bor-

der withMexico, calling it

crucial to stop migrants,

drugs and criminalsfrom

entering theUnited States.

JohnKelly, thepresident-

elect’s choiceto headtheDe-

partmentof Homeland Se-

curity, which is responsible

for guarding the nation’s

borders, saidTuesdaythat a

wall wouldn’t solve the prob-

lem.

Kelly, a retired four-star

Marinegeneral,told hisSen-

ate confirmation hearing

thatcutting theflow of mi-

grants and illegal drugs

would require addressing

rising violence and lack of

opportunity in poverty-

strickencountriesinCentral

and South America, notjust

buildinga wall.

“Aphysicalbarrierin and

of itself will not do thejob,”

Kelly told the Senate Home-

land Security and Govern-

mental Affairs Committee.

“It hasto be really a layered

defense.”

Kelly endorsed using di-

plomacy and targete d for-

eign aid, notjust arrests and

deportations,to boost bor-

der security.

He called for increasing

counter-narcotics aid, in-

vestment and otherass ist-

anceto CentralAmericaand

as far south as Peru and Co-

lombia, aswell as for cre-

atinga“drugdemandreduc-

tion campaign” in the

United States.

He said most migrants

from the region who enter

the U.S. are look ing forjobs

andto escape drug-fueled

gang violence back home.

In written answers to

committee questions,Kelly

said he had “only briefly dis-

cussed thewall with” Trump

and had “no discussions”

with him about whowould

pay for it.

Rather than building a

single long wall, he sug-

gested one thatwould “fun-

nel theflow in certain direc-

tions and into specific cul-

de-sacs” as part of a multi-

layered defense thatwould

includemoreborderpatrols,

aerial drones,ground sen-

sors and other devices.

Kelly isexpected to win

easy Senate confirmation.

No lawmakeron the panel

voiced oppositionto him.

If confirmed, hewould be

the fifth head ofa massive

department thatwas cob-

bledtoge therfrom 22 agen-

cies after the terrorist at-

tacks of Sept.11, 2001.

It now has an annual

budget of $41 billion and

240,000 employees whoare

responsible for border secu-

rity, immigrationcontrol,cy-

bersecurity, screening pas-

sengers at airports and

other tasks.

The sharpest question-

ing camefrom Sen. Kamala

Harris (D-Calif.), whowas

elected inNovember, over

the future of the Deferred

Action for Childhood Ar-

rivals program.

DACA, as the program

begun byPresident Obama

is known, defers deporta-

tions for hundredsof thou-

sands of undocumented im-

migrants who arrived in the

U.S. as children,grew up

here and committed no

crimes.

Harris pressed Kelly

about whether hewould use

the DACAinformationto

identify and deport people.

She asked himto honorthe

Obama administration’s

promise notto useDACA

applicationsto assist in de-

portations.

Kelly said convicted

criminals and other catego-

ries of undocumented immi-

grants might bea higher pri-

ority for removal, though he

acknowledged he had not

had dis cussions with

Trump’s advisorsabout im-

migration policy.

“There’s a big spectrum

of people who needto be

dealtwith in terms of depor-

tation,” he said. “Iwould

guess that [DACA appli-

cants] might not be the

highest priority” for depor-

tations,Kelly said. He add-

ed, “I promiseyou that I will

be involved in the discus-

sion.”

Kellyalso seemedto raise

questions about Trump’s

vow to use “extremevetting”

of refugees and immigrants

to prevent Islamic militants

from entering thecountry.

“You can’t guarantee

100%, and ifyou are taking in

large numbers of people

from places where you really

can’tvet themvery well, you

do the bestyou can,”Kelly

said.

Anative of Boston,Kelly

enlisted in theMarine Corps

in 1970 after high school and

becameanofficeraftergrad-

uatingfrom the Naval Acad-

emy.

Known for his blunt,

hard-driving style, he served

three tours in Iraq. His son,

Marine Lt. Robert Kelly, was

killed in November 2010 in

Afghanistan.

Kelly hasexperience in

Washingtonasatopmilitary

aideto two Defense secre-

taries, and as a Marine

Corps liaisonto Congress.

HeservedasheadoftheU.S.

Southern Command.

The Pentagoncommand

is responsible forU.S. mili-

tary operations in Latin

Americaand the Caribbean

andworksclosely with the

Department of Homeland

Security.

[email protected]

Tr ump pick

says wall ‘will

not do the job’

Homeland Security

hopeful saysa ‘layered

defense’ is needed

toslowmigration.

By David S. Cloud

RETIREDGen.John

Kelly faced sharp ques-

tioning from Sen. Ka-

mala Harris (D-Calif.).

Cliff OwenAssociated Press

anatural placeto have this
museum in the creative
capi tal of the world and in
the geographic centerof the
city. It’s a banner day for
L.A.”
Garcetti said the275,000-
square-foot Lucas Museum
willleadtot ensofthousands
of jobs inconstruction, and
he estimated the number of
permanentjobs created by
the museum at more than
1,000 — “and that’s a lo wball
estimate.”
“People will visit from
around the world to see the
original DarthVader mask
and Norman Rockwell
paintings,” he said.
Entertainment andcul-
tural leaders, including Los
Angeles County Museum of
ArtDirectorMichaelGovan,
Academy Museum ofMo-
tion Pictures leaderKerry
Brougher and DreamWorks
Animation Chief Executive
Jeffrey Katzenberg, gath-
eredbefore the L.A. County
Board of Supervisors inNo-
vemberto show their sup-
port for Lucas’ project.
“This isareal triumph for
the city of L.A., and this will
be a transformative oppor-
tunity for L.A.,” Katzenberg
said Tuesday after learning

of Lucas’ decision. “First

and foremost for ourresi-

dents, who are going to have

an outstanding cultural,

iconic new force here — the

forcewill be with us— and I

thinkfortourism,andforthe

continued, extraordinary

transformation of down-

town Los Angeles,and for

Exposition Park and the

other museums it will be

joining.”

Lucas,72,hasspentyears

tryingto erecta mus eum for

his art collection, which con-

sists of about10,00 0 paint-

ings and illustrations, in-

cluding worksby Rockwell,

N.C. Wyeth and R. Crumb,

along with Hollywood mem-

orabiliafrom films such as

“StarWars” and“The Ten

Commandments.” In 2009,

he set his sights near his

hometurf in San Francisco

but facedcommunity oppo-

sitionfrom the city’s Pre-

sidio Trust about building in

thehistoricpark.Lucasthen

aimed for Chicago, Hobson’s

hometown, but encountered

resistancefrom Friends of

theParks abouta downtown

site alongLake Michigan.

The newest proposals,

both featuring designs by

Chinese architectMa Yan-

song,wereaestheticallysim-

ilar but seeminglyopposite

in otherrespects.Onewas a

remote, four-acre site on a

breezy islandin San Fran-

cisco Bay, beautiful but ac-

cessible only by bridge and

ferry; the otherwas a se ven-

acre location in public tran-

sit-friendly, museum-heavy

Exposition Park near Lucas’

alma mater, USC.

Lucasdecl inedto com-

ment for this article, but the

museum board’s announce-

ment said he chose L.A.

largely because Exposition

Park positions the museum

to “have the greatest impact

on the broadercommunity,

fulfilling ourgoal of inspir-

ing, engaging and educating

abroad and diverse visi-

torship.”

Exposition Park could

become theCentral Park of

L.A.,Garcetti said, adding

that Lucas hasexpressed in-

terest in helpingto guide a

master plan for the swiftly

evolving area,already home

to the California Science

Center, Natural History Mu-

seumof Los Angeles County

andthe California African

American Museum. Plans

for the new museum, which

will rise alongVermontAve-

nue on land now covered by

parking lots, will include

underground parking.

“We have a new football

stadium being built,the Col-

iseum being redone with

more than $200 million in

upgrades, and the science

center is buildinga whole

new building to perma-

nently housethe space shut-

tle and its rockets,” Garcetti

said, also noting the proxim-

ity to the Expo light rail line

and bus lines. The Lucas

Museum,hesaid,“willbethe

jewel in the crown.”

The museum board

called Exposition Park “a

magnet for theregion and

accessible from all parts of

the city.” It also cited the lo-

cation “surrounded by more

than 100 ele mentary and

high schools, one of the

country's leading universi-

ties aswell as three other

world-class museums.”

“There’s an understand-

ing of L.A.’s growing cultural

influence andgrowing and

diverse audiences for muse-

ums here,” LACMA’s Govan

said Tuesday. “We ended

2016 withover1.5 million visi-

tors.” He said the Lucas Mu-

seum will present visualcul-

ture from a different point of

view, one that “makes so

much sense ina city known

equally for art and for film.”

Philanthropist and

Broad museum founder Eli

Broad called the Lucas Mu-

seum “oneof the most im-

portantcultural andtourist

additionsto our city in the

last 25years.”

“I spoke to both George

Lucas andMellody person-

ally about ourgreat success

at theBroad,” the philan-

thropist said. “We’ve had

over 1 million visitors since

we opened in 2015,and I’dex-

pect the attendance at the

Lucas Museum will be equal

or even exceed that.”

Art historian Don Baci-

galupi, formerly president

and executive director of the

Crystal Bridges Museumof

American Art in Ben-

tonville, Ark., will serve as

founding president of the

Lucas Museum. He and Lu-

casstillfacethepossibilityof

the kind ofcommunity scru-

tiny the project encountered

in San Francisco and Chi-

cago,butofficialsremainop-

timistic. Groundbreaking is

planned before year’s end, a

spokesmansaid , with the

opening targete d for 2021.

“We have excitingwork

ahead,” Bacigalupi said.

deborah.vankin

@latimes.com

Twitter: @debvankin

THE MUSEUMas envisionedby Chinese architect MaYansong. Lucas chose L.A., themuseum’s board says,
because ExpositionPark positions the institution to “have the greatest impact on the broader community.”

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