Friday, January 4, 2019

Trump May Declare National Emergency for Wall; Says He Can Build a Border Wall without Congress

President Donald Trump asserted today (January 4, 2019) that he has the power to declare a national emergency to build the Mexico border wall without Congressional approval, according to the Washington Post website.

He also claimed that previous presidents have told him they wished they had built a border wall themselves.

"This is national security we're talking about. We're not talking about games," Trump added.

Elizabeth Goitan, co-director of the Liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for Justice, said Trump has the authority to use the National Emergencies Act of 1976 to declare a national emergency. Doing so would allow the Pentagon to reprogram funds from Army civil works projects to an Army national defense project -- thus allowing Trump to divert funding for construction of the border wall.

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