President Donald Trump said he will declare a national emergency allowing him to build his US-m border wall.
promised for a long time without congressional approval. Trump is also expected to sign a bill giving limited funding to the wall. Speaking to reporters outside the White House Friday, Trump said he would declare a national emergency, which will allow him to fund other parts of the government to fund the wall.
The president is also expected to sign a spending bill that will avoid a second government shutdown, but will only spend $ 1.3 billion on the construction of the wall, a fraction of the $ 5.6 billion requested by Trump at the end. from last year.
Although the bill provides for funds for security and drug detection equipment at ports of entry, it also includes a number of concessions granted to Democrats. It explicitly prohibits a concrete wall, grants amnesty to US illegal immigrants accompanied by unaccompanied minors, prohibits the construction of walls in several national parks, and does not provide funding to recruit more Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. (ICE).
Democrats have vowed to fight Trump's statement in court. Although the Congress could theoretically cancel the national order of emergency, a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate would be required, which the Democrats do not have.
Trump will divert funding from several Pentagon projects, as well as a drug confiscation program from the Treasury Department to pay for the wall. In total, the president expects to raise $ 8 billion.
