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On-rushing defenders are more easily evaded and, moving at pace, the holes they leave behind are hard to plug.

“We’re not going to have a fence that stretches from Brownsville to Imperial Beach, but you’re definitely going to be plugging the gaps in key areas of Arizona, California and Texas,” he said.

He argued that if planned homes could be bought by their tenants, it would be "like trying to fill a bath without the plug in".

And behind the scenes the club has to take huge credit for bringing back running back Kareem Hunt and trading for receiver DeAndre Hopkins to plug the gaps.

Labour has faced criticism over the decision, which Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she took in order to help plug a £22 billion hole in public finances.