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In late September, Congress approved an immigration package that included a plan to build 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border.

While $1.2 billion has been allocated for fencing, lighting, roads, sensors and cameras, it may take $12 billion to complete the 700 miles originally approved.

With Democrats now in control of Congress, continued funding for the mostly Republican-backed fence plan will rely on bipartisan support.

Among Arizona's congressional delegation, Sens. Jon Kyl and John McCain as well as Reps. Trent Franks, Rick Renzi, John Shadegg, Jeff Flake and J.D. Hayworth voted for the move. Reps. Raúl Grijalva, Ed Pastor and Jim Kolbe opposed the measure.

Sen. Jon Kyl, Republican

Voted: Yes

Kyl says he thinks finishing most of the fencing is "very, very important."

"If we stay on track, there will be more acceptance of other things," such as comprehensive immigration reform, Kyl said.

"Voters have made it clear that they want a border secured," he said, pointing to the election of Democrats who ran on promises to secure the border.

Kyl is "fairly confident" Democrats will approve funding for the fencing.

"There's such a national consensus behind it," he said.

Representative-elect Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat

Giffords was not in Congress at time of the vote.

In an interview Friday, Giffords said "building a wall is not the solution to our immigration problems," though she says "some fencing in urban areas is certainly necessary."

Giffords would rather the money that would be allocated for fencing be used for other things, like electronic surveillance and cracking down on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

"From a budgetary standpoint, we are seriously overextended," Giffords said. "It simply is not cost-effective."

Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi, Democrat

Voted: No

Pelosi's Washington spokes-man, Drew Hammill, pointed to a press release from October, in which the future speaker of the House said: "This fence that will not actually be built is a perfect symbol of the Republicans' unwillingness to make controlling our borders a priority."

Asked if Pelosi supported funding the fence, Hammill responded in an e-mail: "Congress will have to assess whether it should even fund a fence that the Bush administration still does not plan to build. … We need real and comprehensive solutions."