Donald Trump says he will declare national emergency, use executive powers to bypass Congress over Mexico border wall
5 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump says he will declare national emergency, use executive powers to bypass Congress over Mexico border wall

Firstpost  

Word that Trump would declare the emergency prompted condemnations from Democrats and threats of lawsuits from states and others who might lose federal money or said Trump was abusing his authority. Washington: President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will declare a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the US-Mexico border. Trump said he will use executive powers to bypass US Congress, which approved far less money for his proposed wall than he had sought. In an unusual joint statement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, said such a declaration would be “a lawless act, a gross abuse of the power of the presidency and a desperate attempt to distract” from Trump’s failure to force Mexico to pay for the wall, as he’s promised for years.

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Trump's $20M-per-mile border wall can be bypassed with simple power tools: report
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump's $20M-per-mile border wall can be bypassed with simple power tools: report

Raw Story  

Immigrants seeking to cross the U.S.-Mexico border wall — which cost an estimated $20 million per mile to build — can wield simple power tools to saw their way through. During Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, his favorite slogan, "Build the wall," never came up. Instead of the wall, "Trump now wants a " bloody " mass deportation operation immediately removing …

Trump confirms plans for military use for mass deportation of illegal migrants
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump confirms plans for military use for mass deportation of illegal migrants

India Today  

US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed that he will declare a national emergency and deploy the military to carry out the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants once he assumes power on January 20. The Republican leader confirmed this as he responded to a Truth Social post by his ally Tom Fitton, who wrote that the Trump administration is “prepared …

Prepared to declare national emergency to implement deportation plan: Trump
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Prepared to declare national emergency to implement deportation plan: Trump

Firstpost  

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday confirmed via a post on Truth Social that he is prepared to declare a national emergency as part of his plan to deport migrants from the United States on a large scale President-elect Donald Trump on Monday confirmed via a post on Truth Social that he is prepared to declare a national emergency as part …

Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs

Hindustan Times  

* Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs Trump to issue order making it easier to arrest migrants with no criminal record * Early action to end Biden's humanitarian programs allowing legal entry * National Guard to be sent to border, border wall construction to resume By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, - President-elect Donald Trump is expected to …

Donald Trump Threatens 25% Tariff On Mexico In Retaliation For Border Crossings
2 months ago

Donald Trump Threatens 25% Tariff On Mexico In Retaliation For Border Crossings

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he’d slap new tariffs on goods from Mexico in retaliation for illegal border crossings if he returns to office. Speaking at a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina, Trump said one of the first things he’d do if he wins the White House would be to call Mexican President Claudia …

Joe Biden to build more US border wall using Trump-era funds
1 year, 3 months ago

Joe Biden to build more US border wall using Trump-era funds

India Today  

President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, carrying forward a signature policy of former President Donald Trump. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement that there was "no new Administration policy with respect to border walls. The White House in a statement …

Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds for the border wall. Asked if barriers work, he says ‘No’
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds for the border wall. Asked if barriers work, he says ‘No’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of additional border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the barrier to stop illegal migration from Mexico. “I can’t stop that.” Still, the waiving of federal …

The destructive legacy of Trump’s border wall
3 years, 2 months ago

The destructive legacy of Trump’s border wall

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But like dozens of other places along the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border, under the Trump administration this remote area on …

Monsoon rain has torn apart Trump's border wall
3 years, 4 months ago

Monsoon rain has torn apart Trump's border wall

Raw Story  

Several gates of the U.S.-Mexico border wall were damaged by monsoon flooding in recent days along the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Arizona. Photos show former President Donald Trump's border wall in deep disrepair after summer monsoon rains literally blew floodgates off their hinges. "While there have been previous sections of wall constructed in the Douglas area, during …

GOP embraces Trump during visit to Texas, border wall
3 years, 6 months ago

GOP embraces Trump during visit to Texas, border wall

Associated Press  

PHARR, Texas — Republican lawmakers traveled to Texas to cheer former President Donald Trump as he paid a visit to the southern border Wednesday and hammered the Biden administration for its immigration policies amid a decades-high spike in border crossings. After facing criticism for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Abbott has taken up Trump’s immigration mantle, vowing to continue …

Texas’ Republican Governor Tries to Keep “the Wall” Political Gravy Train Going
55 years ago

Texas’ Republican Governor Tries to Keep “the Wall” Political Gravy Train Going

Slate  

The “wall” as metaphor continues even after Donald Trump’s presidency. Realistic estimates of walling off Texas’ 1,200-mile border with Mexico could reach as high as $120 billion. Abbott says, yes of course, his state will chip in too to the tune of $250 million for the state-led border wall construction promising “hundreds of miles” of wall. “The Biden Administration won’t …

Texas governor: State, crowdsourcing will fund border wall
3 years, 6 months ago

Texas governor: State, crowdsourcing will fund border wall

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Over a dozen Republican members of the Texas House and Senate joined Abbott for a livestreamed press conference announcing his intentions to hire a project manager to continue constructing some version of a wall announced last week, echoing former President Donald Trump’s unfinished campaign promise to fortify the southern U.S. border, of which 1,200 miles …

Returning to the public eye, Trump will head to US-Mexico border
3 years, 6 months ago

Returning to the public eye, Trump will head to US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

The former US president has laid low since leaving office but will resume travel – and rallies – later in June. Former President Donald Trump has said he would visit the US-Mexico border later this month with Texas Governor Greg Abbott after both complained about a rise in migrants crossing into the United States. Trump, Abbott and other Republicans have …

Military funds for Trump border wall to be cancelled
3 years, 8 months ago

Military funds for Trump border wall to be cancelled

Al Jazeera  

The Biden administration said it will also fix flooding and soil erosion caused by unfinished sections of the wall. The Pentagon on Friday said it was cancelling the construction of parts of former President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico that were being built using military funds, with the unused money being returned to the military. “The Department of Defense …

Biden's DHS head wants to prosecute MORE illegal immigrants
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden's DHS head wants to prosecute MORE illegal immigrants

Daily Mail  

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wants to criminally prosecute more illegal immigrants and crack down on sanctuary cities Joe Biden's Homeland Security head is looking to crack down on illegal immigration by taking more legal action against border jumpers and targeting U.S. cities that act as a safe haven for them. The new hard-line stance comes as record numbers of …

Biden decree ends 'emergency' that Trump used to build wall
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden decree ends 'emergency' that Trump used to build wall

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden has officially ended the “national emergency” that …

Biden decree ends ‘emergency’ that Trump used to build wall
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden decree ends ‘emergency’ that Trump used to build wall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has officially ended the “national emergency” that President Donald Trump declared in order to take money from the Pentagon to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In his letter, the president said Trump’s declaration of a national emergency had been “unwarranted” and that he had directed that “no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted …

Biden formally terminates national emergency declaration on the US-Mexico border
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden formally terminates national emergency declaration on the US-Mexico border

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden formally issued a proclamation on Thursday to …

Immigration: Biden halts border wall and travel ban
3 years, 11 months ago

Immigration: Biden halts border wall and travel ban

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden kicked off his term by signing out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump administration policies and ending the national emergency that diverted millions of dollars to the border wall. “But we’re going to need legislation for a lot of these we’re going to do.” That includes the administration’s immigration …

Biden announces end to Trump’s border wall project
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden announces end to Trump’s border wall project

LA Times  

The U.S. side of Playas de Tijuana, where the border wall fades into the Pacific Ocean. President Biden is immediately ending the national emergency that President Trump declared on the border in February 2018 to divert billions of dollars from the Defense Department to wall construction. Despite Trump’s repeated promises that Mexico would pay for the wall, U.S. Customs and …

What is happening with US President Donald Trump's border wall, and what does president-elect Joe Biden intend to do?
3 years, 11 months ago

What is happening with US President Donald Trump's border wall, and what does president-elect Joe Biden intend to do?

ABC  

A centrepiece of US President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy was the construction of a "big, beautiful wall" on the US-Mexico border — and the promise that Mexico would pay for it. During his 2020 State of the Union address, Mr Trump said "substantially more than 500 miles" of the wall would be complete by early 2021. "Mexico is going …

Trump’s Legacy Through The Eyes Of Those His Presidency Hurt
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump’s Legacy Through The Eyes Of Those His Presidency Hurt

Huff Post  

One week into his term, President Donald Trump devastated tens of thousands of people with the stroke of a pen. Courtesy of Javier Garrido April 6, 2018 In 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the implementation of Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. This week, Omar helped lead the charge to impeach the president a second time for inciting a mob to …

Trump takes no responsibility for riot, visits Texas
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump takes no responsibility for riot, visits Texas

Associated Press  

ALAMO, Texas — President Donald Trump on Tuesday took no responsibility for his part in fomenting a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, despite his comments encouraging supporters to march on the Capitol and praise for them while they were still carrying out the assault. He added, “Respect for law enforcement is the foundation of the MAGA agenda,” …

Trump heads to Texas border in final days to showcase wall
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump heads to Texas border in final days to showcase wall

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump's visit — no doubt a symbol of …

Alamo, Texas: Trump visits his border wall on the heels of deadly Capitol Hill riot
3 years, 11 months ago

Alamo, Texas: Trump visits his border wall on the heels of deadly Capitol Hill riot

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump bookended his administration’s focus on immigration with a trip to his signature border wall on the US-Mexico border, a visit on the heels of a deadly riot on Capitol Hill incited by the President as House Democrats prepare a second impeachment vote. During a brief speech near the wall, Trump listed off a series of …

Trump approves state of emergency declaration in US capital
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump approves state of emergency declaration in US capital

Al Jazeera  

Donald Trump has approved a state of emergency declaration in the United States capital, the White House press office said late on Monday, after US law enforcement officials warned of threats before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. The move comes after pro-Trump rioters overran the US Capitol building on January 6 in support of Trump’s false claims that the US election …

Donald Trump to make triumphant visit to US-Mexico border wall
4 years ago

Donald Trump to make triumphant visit to US-Mexico border wall

The Independent  

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Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border to laud border wall
4 years ago

Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border to laud border wall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to highlight his administration’s work on the border wall, the White House said Saturday. He will mark the completion of 400 miles of border wall and his administration’s efforts to reform what the White House described as the nation’s broken immigration system. Trump’s campaign for …

Donald Trump expected to travel to US-Mexico border to laud work on wall
4 years ago

Donald Trump expected to travel to US-Mexico border to laud work on wall

The Telegraph  

President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the US-Mexico border on Tuesday to highlight his administration's work on the border wall, the White House said Saturday. He will mark the completion of 400 miles of border wall and his administration's efforts to reform what the White House described as the nation's broken immigration system. Mr Trump's campaign for the …

Biden’s pledge to halt border wall construction would save US $2.6bn, Pentagon estimates
4 years ago

Biden’s pledge to halt border wall construction would save US $2.6bn, Pentagon estimates

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy If Joe Biden follows through on his claim that he …

Death, debt, and degradation: Trump’s border wall after four years
4 years, 2 months ago

Death, debt, and degradation: Trump’s border wall after four years

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “For about the first year following Trump's inauguration, …

Trump officials tout progress on border wall before election
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump officials tout progress on border wall before election

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Top Trump administration officials visited Texas five days before Election Day to announce they have nearly completed 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, trying to show progress on perhaps the president’s best-known campaign promise four years ago. Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser, told reporters Wednesday that “we have a president campaigning on having successfully built a border …

Donald Trump's border wall is 'desecrating' sacred Indigenous sites, tribal leaders say. Could the US election change this?
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump's border wall is 'desecrating' sacred Indigenous sites, tribal leaders say. Could the US election change this?

ABC  

Depending on who you ask, the border that separates the US and Mexico is a symbol of defence or distress. She said Border Patrol agents had asked "inappropriate" questions of Indigenous people, including requests "to speak their language or sing or dance traditional songs" to verify their identity. US governments have been able to build border infrastructure easily along the …

From building the wall to ending wars, four years in, Trump has plenty of unfinished business
4 years, 2 months ago

From building the wall to ending wars, four years in, Trump has plenty of unfinished business

Firstpost  

Since taking the oath of office in 2016, US president Donald Trump has faced the same hard truth that each of his White House predecessors learned: Governing is rarely easy Washington: President Donald Trump swept into office nearly four years ago as an outsider who promised to get things done quickly on behalf of the American people through sheer force …

About that border wall, Mr. Presidents ... who’s paying?
4 years, 6 months ago

About that border wall, Mr. Presidents ... who’s paying?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has made building some 450 miles of wall on the U.S.-Mexico border a defining issue of his presidency, and long vowed that Mexico would pay for it. So, naturally, with Trump hosting Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House for the first time on Wednesday, it would seem the issue would be …

Trump wrongly diverted billions to build wall: Appeals court
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump wrongly diverted billions to build wall: Appeals court

Al Jazeera  

The $2.5bn diverted from military construction was done without Congressional approval and unlawful, the court said. A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the administration of United States President Donald Trump in its transfer of $2.5bn from military construction projects to build sections of the US border wall with Mexico, ruling it illegally sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide …

Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There’s not much of it
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There’s not much of it

LA Times  

President Trump, whose plans to campaign on a booming economy were ruined by the coronavirus, traveled Tuesday to the southern edge of Arizona to highlight completion of “more than 200 miles of powerful border wall” with Mexico. Only about “three miles of new border wall system constructed in locations where no barriers previously existed,” according to Homeland Security’s June 19 …

Trump in Arizona: My border wall stopped the coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump in Arizona: My border wall stopped the coronavirus

Al Jazeera  

In visiting the US-Mexico border, Trump seeks to change the subject to an issue he thinks will help electrify his base. President Donald Trump visited the US-Mexico border Tuesday and tried to credit his new wall with stopping both undocumented immigration and the coronavirus. Low turnout for the rally, however, sharpened the focus on Trump’s visit to Arizona, which doubles …

Pentagon restarts some domestic building projects that lost funding to Trump’s wall
4 years, 8 months ago

Pentagon restarts some domestic building projects that lost funding to Trump’s wall

CNN  

Washington CNN — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has directed that several military construction projects in the US that had been put on hold to divert money to President Donald Trump’s border wall be restarted, with funds for the wall instead being redirected from overseas building projects. “I direct you to release funding associated with 22 currently deferred projects within …

Trump declares national emergency as coronavirus crisis deepens
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump declares national emergency as coronavirus crisis deepens

Al Jazeera  

The declaration comes amid criticism over the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. As the coronavirus pandemic tore deeper into the fabric of American public life, United States President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday to provide more money to fight a pandemic that has killed 41 people in the US. Trump said he was also giving …

Trump administration taking $3.8bn from military for border wall
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump administration taking $3.8bn from military for border wall

Al Jazeera  

The $3.8bn would come from National Guard and weapons programmes, setting the stage for possible clash with Democrats. The United States Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly four billion dollars from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico, a central promise of President Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House four …

Trump's budget built on proposals to please his conservative base in election year, Democrats claim
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump's budget built on proposals to please his conservative base in election year, Democrats claim

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And it suggests Mr Trump again plans to take billions from a military he …

DHS seeks Pentagon funds for 270 miles of border wall
4 years, 11 months ago

DHS seeks Pentagon funds for 270 miles of border wall

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to fund the construction of 270 miles of border wall this year as part of a counter-drug effort, defense officials said Thursday. Earlier this week, officials said the Trump administration was weighing whether to shift billions more in military funding to build the border wall. And House Appropriations Committee …

DHS has requested Pentagon assistance to build 270 miles of border wall
4 years, 11 months ago

DHS has requested Pentagon assistance to build 270 miles of border wall

CNN  

CNN — The Pentagon received a Department of Homeland Security request Wednesday to build and pay for hundreds of additional miles of border wall on the southwest border, according to the Department of Defense. “On January 15, 2020, the Department of Defense received a request from the Department of Homeland Security requesting DoD assistance in blocking up to 13 specific …

Trump administration reaches 100-mile mark for border wall
5 years ago

Trump administration reaches 100-mile mark for border wall

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Trump administration has built 100 miles of new wall along the US-Mexico border – the majority of which is replacing previous construction – acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced in Arizona on Friday, as the administration touts its record ahead of the presidential election. “One thing I want to emphasize is that every inch of …

U.S. appeals court stays judge’s ruling blocking military funds for border wall
5 years ago

U.S. appeals court stays judge’s ruling blocking military funds for border wall

The Hindu  

A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday put on hold a lower court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's administration from using $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall on the country's border with Mexico. The $3.6 billion amounts to a third of the approximately $10 billion that Mr. Trump has obtained for border wall construction during …

Three years into Donald Trump's presidency, US govt ramps up efforts to seize private land in Texas to build border wall
5 years ago

Three years into Donald Trump's presidency, US govt ramps up efforts to seize private land in Texas to build border wall

Firstpost  

Donald Trump’s signature campaign promise has consistently faced political, legal, and environmental obstacles in Texas, which has the largest section of the US-Mexico border, most of it without fencing Houston: Three years into Donald Trump’s presidency, the US government is ramping up its efforts to seize private land in Texas to build a border wall. Trump’s signature campaign promise has …

US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas
5 years ago

US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas

India Today  

Three years into Donald Trump's presidency, the US government is ramping up its efforts to seize private land in Texas to build a border wall. But the government can deposit an amount it deems fair with the court, then seek to take the land immediately on the basis that a border wall is urgently needed. Even as border crossings have …

Judge halts some military spending on border wall
5 years ago

Judge halts some military spending on border wall

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from spending some Defense Department money to build a border wall with Mexico, the latest twist in a long-running legal battle over one of the president’s signature domestic issues and campaign priorities. The ruling by District Judge David Briones in El Paso, Texas, prevents the government from …

Border agents admit smugglers are cutting through Trump's wall with a common household power tool: report
5 years, 2 months ago

Border agents admit smugglers are cutting through Trump's wall with a common household power tool: report

Raw Story  

On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that smugglers have sliced holes in the new sections of Trump's border wall with a common and readily available power tool, large enough for people and drugs to pass through. "The breaches have been made using a popular cordless household tool known as a reciprocating saw that retails at hardware stores for as little …

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