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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[–] G45Colt ago
Congress does not have the authority to legislate away presidential authority or power.