White House: Border Emergency Declaration ‘Creates Zero Precedent’
White House officials broke down Friday where national emergency funds will be pulled from to build the steel bollard fencing at the southern border.
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Revised Spending Bill: $5.7B for No-Strings-Attached Border Wall Funding
The revised House spending bill to continue funding the federal government for the next two months has an added provision that funds $5.7 billion worth of border wall construction without any contingencies.
Democrats Funded ‘Wall’ Under Bush, Obama–Refuse Same Barrier to Trump
Many House and Senate Democrats voted to fund the same bollard-style fencing constructed by Presidents Bush and Obama that they now oppose under President Trump.
Border Wall Construction to Begin in Texas
Federal officials announced the award of a contract to allow construction of new sections of border walls in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of South Texas. The $145 million construction project is slated to begin in February 2019.
Border Wall Construction Begins in El Paso, Texas
Border Patrol officials in the El Paso Sector announced that construction of a new section of border wall began on Saturday. The new four-mile section of road will replace existing fencing near downtown El Paso.
Ann Coulter: ‘Former Trumpers Should Put the Fear of God’ in Trump as Border Wall Remains Unbuilt
New York Times best-selling author and populist conservative columnist Ann Coulter says former voters of President Trump “should put the fear of God in him,” as the border wall — the central promise of his “America First” agenda — remains unbuilt.
Donald Trump: New ‘Wall’ Construction on Southern Border ‘A Thing of Beauty’ and ‘Properly Designed’
“We started building our wall. I’m so proud of it. We started,” Trump said, pointing to the pictures he posted on Twitter of the new border bollard fencing constructed in Calexico.
