President Trump's staff is preparing an executive order-like mandate that would declare a national emergency at the southern border and make available $7 billion of federal money to enhance security at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Washington Examiner website reports today (January 29, 2019).
Trump will cite his authority under the National Emergency Act to declare a state of emergency and order the Pentagon to immediately begin working on plans to build additional barriers on the international borders of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
The Army Corps of Engineers would oversea the project.
The Army Corps project is expected to take 18 months from start to finish.
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