Trump wins on border security with emergency declaration and funding by Congress
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-wins-on-border-security-with-emergency-declaration-and-funding-by-congress
President Trump won a strategic victory Friday when he signed legislation to avoid another government shutdown and provide a down payment on border security funding – and then declared a national emergency to get billions of dollars more needed to protect our southern border.
After insisting for well over a month that the president would never get any funding for a border wall, congressional Democrats meekly backed down in the face of President Trump’s unwavering commitment to border security, giving the White House nearly $1.4 billion for 55 miles of new fencing along the border.
“The fact is a wall is an immorality,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said during the partial government shutdown, joking that she would only give the president $1 out of the $5.7 billion he requested. The president’s request was based on advice from law enforcement experts.
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[–] 1MercyUponOurEarth 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
He wrote his exceptions to their many points of blockage before signing the bill. That leaves the door open for him to act when and as he can. Remember, he's not a dictator, and is trying to clean out the swamp without creating a civil war. With the enemies within our border, not to mention just outside of it, he could announce martial law, but that's a slippery slope if we desire to remain sovereign.
[–] Colin_Kelley 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Besides not wanting to start a civil war, he does not want to hurt the economy.
[–] TexasDeplorable1135 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Don't tell Ann Coulter :P
[–] 3whuurs 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Read the bill, state’s reserve the right to refuse wall being built wherever they want AND it includes millions for dozens of migrant welcome centres to be built all along the border..... that’s suppose to have a fence. And Trump signed it. Oh and he could arrest the entire government of every sanctuary city legally and close the border tmrw by enforcing title 8 but he just won’t. And while refusing to take entitlements away from illegals, at this point he’s literally just building a cpl Miles Of Wall for the Dems to campaign promise to tare down.
[–] G45Colt ago
Congress does not have the authority to legislate away presidential authority or power.