TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “WE ARE BUILDING THE WALL… https://t.co/OQQaag2ZUW” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2019 11:56 am […]
Category: Wall
9/5/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @DaveNYviii: President Trump Border Update 500 Miles of Wall Complete by Close of 2020 Irregular Migration Reduced by 50% #BuildTheWal…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2019 7:06 am […]
8/29/2019
DEFENSE/FEDERAL FUNDING/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Trump administration is preparing to take money from military construction funds more than six months after first promising to do so in order to build sections of the wall along the US-Mexico border, according to multiple administration and defense officials. Though it’s unclear which military construction would be put on […]
8/28/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Amazon Washington Post and @CNN just did a Fake Interview on Pardons for Aids on the Wall, and that I didn’t think the Wall on the Southern Border was that important to stop Illegals wanting to come into our Country. WRONG, vitally important. Will make a BIG impact. So bad!” –Donald […]
8/28/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Another totally Fake story in the Amazon Washington Post (lobbyist) which states that if my Aides broke the law to build the Wall (which is going up rapidly), I would give them a Pardon. This was made up by the Washington Post only in order to demean and disparage – FAKE NEWS!” –Donald […]
8/28/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Wall is going up very fast despite total Obstruction by Democrats in Congress, and elsewhere! https://t.co/12tIW3aNQP https://t.co/2nFIEFppho” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 28, 2019 12:48 pm […]
8/28/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Trump’s signature campaign promise to build a wall along the southwestern border is far behind schedule. So he has told his aides to get the job done by whatever means necessary, including by seizing land on the Mexican frontier. The president has repeatedly suggested during meetings on immigration policy that […]
8/20/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @WhiteHouse: Wall construction is underway near Otay Mesa, California! ? https://t.co/45C0tu3WxT” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 20, 2019 8:39 am […]
8/17/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @charliekirk11: Do the math: At the most, the Wall will cost $20 billion Illegals cost US taxpayers $165 billion a year” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2019 5:01 pm […]
8/15/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Thank you, and the Wall is under major construction! https://t.co/jRVMxSPJzN” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 15, 2019 7:00 am […]
8/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GUNS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Two senior Senate Democrats on Wednesday [8-14-19] asked President Donald Trump to withdraw his $5 billion request for border wall funding and use the money on initiatives to combat gun violence in the aftermath of back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. In a letter, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Senator […]
8/8/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/CUBA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There is a new hint of life in the dilapidated downtown of Ciudad Juárez, which residents abandoned as a recession and drug gang murders ravaged the city a decade ago. Thousands of Cubans, waiting in limbo for a decision on their requests for asylum in the United States, have made the […]
8/6/2019
BORDER/ENVIRONMENT/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Environmentalists have asked a judge to stop a plan to replace existing vehicle barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, arguing the Trump administration unlawfully waived dozens of laws as part of the project that will ultimately damage wildlife habitat. The injunction request filed Tuesday seeks to halt work on 68 miles […]
7/29/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Elijah Cummings never even went to the Southern Border and then he screams at the very good people who, despite Congresses failure to fix the Loopholes and Asylum, make it work (crossings are way down and the Wall is being built). Even with zero Dem help, Border getting strong!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
7/27/2019
MILITARY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Such a big victory of our Country! ‘Supreme Court approves Trump Administration plan to use Military Funds for the Wall.’ @FoxNews We will be fully reimbursed for this expenditure, over time, by other countries.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 27, 2019 3:51 pm […]
7/26/2019
BORDER/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Wow! Big VICTORY on the Wall. The United States Supreme Court overturns lower court injunction, allows Southern Border Wall to proceed. Big WIN for Border Security and the Rule of Law!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 26, 2019 5:37 pm […]
7/26/2019
BORDER/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump scored a major victory at the Supreme Court on Friday [7-26-19], as the justices lifted a lower court order blocking a key part of his plan to expand the border wall with Mexico. The Justice Department had asked the justices to stay a pair of rulings an […]
7/23/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “When an old Wall at the Southern Border, that is crumbling and falling over, built in an important section to keep out problems, is replaced with a brand new 30 foot high steel and concrete Wall, the Media says no new Wall has been built. Fake News! Building lots of Wall!” –Donald […]
7/22/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “When we rip down and totally replace a badly broken and dilapidated Barrier on the Southern Border, something which cannot do the job, the Fake News Media gives us zero credit for building a new Wall. We have replaced many miles of old Barrier with powerful new Walls!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July […]
7/7/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We are building the Wall now, but the reason the badly needed Wall wasn’t approved in the Republican controlled House and Senate was that we had a very slim majority in the Senate, & needed 9 Democrat votes. They were totally unwilling to give Wall votes to us, want Open Borders!” –Donald […]
6/10/2019
BORDER/COURTS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House of Representatives today appealed a federal judge’s decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s ability to funnel billions of non-congressionally approved dollars toward border wall construction. The move deepens the legal fight between the Democrat-led House and Trump over his February declaration of a national emergency as part of […]
6/10/2019
BORDER/WALL: “We’re building the wall. We’re going to have close to 500 miles of wall built by the end of next year. That’s a lot. And we’re moving along very rapidly.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at Greeting of the 103rd Indianapolis 500 Champions: Team Penske,” whitehouse.gov, June 10, 2019 […]
6/6/2019
BORDER/ENVIRONMENT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “It may come as a surprise that the nation’s oldest grassroots environmental group is at the forefront of the border wall debate. But a Sierra Club lawsuit is temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to reallocate government funds to build the barrier on federal protected land. The 127-year-old group says it sees […]
6/5/2019
BORDER/BRITAIN/EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump reassured Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, on Wednesday [6-5-19] that Britain’s exit from the European Union would ‘work out very well,’ including for Ireland, ‘with your wall, your border.’ This remark prompted the Irish leader to reply ‘one thing we want to avoid, of course, is a wall or border […]
6/5/2019
BORDER/COURTS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Just had a big victory in Federal Court over the Democrats in the House on the desperately needed Border Wall. A big s…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2019 1:46 am […]
5/30/2019
BORDER/COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The American Civil Liberties Union has asked a federal court to block additional sections of President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Attorneys asked the court to halt construction of a border wall in Southern California and three sections near Tucson, Ariz., late Wednesday. The ACLU, representing the Sierra Club […]
5/30/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Donald Trump appears to have set his sights on a North Dakota construction firm with a checkered legal record to build portions of his signature border wall. The family-owned company, Fisher Sand & Gravel, claims it can build the wall cheaper and faster than competitors. It was among a handful […]
5/29/2019
BORDER/COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [5-29-19] asked a federal judge to allow construction of the president’s border wall to commence while it appeals an unfavorable ruling from last week. In court filings, the Justice Department said it would appeal a federal judge‘s decision to halt a $1 billion transfer of Pentagon […]
5/25/2019
BORDER/COURTS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Another activist Obama appointed judge has just ruled against us on a section of the Southern Wall that is already under construction. This is a ruling against Border Security and in favor of crime, drugs and human trafficking. We are asking for an expedited appeal!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, 2019 2:35 […]
5/23/2019
BORDER/DHS/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Donald Trump has ‘aggressively’ pushed for the Army Corps of Engineers to award a contract to a North Dakota-based construction company to build sections of his proposed wall along the southern US border, The Washington Post reported Thursday [5-23-19]. Citing conversations with multiple unnamed administration officials, the paper said the President has […]
5/22/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Much of the Wall being built at the Southern Border is a complete demolition and rebuilding of old and worthless barriers with a brand new Wall and footings. Problem is, the Haters say that is not a new Wall, but rather a renovation. Wrong, and we must build where most needed….” –Donald […]
5/22/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Also, tremendous work is being done on pure renovation – fixing existing Walls that are in bad condition and ineffective, and bringing them to a very high standard!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 22, 2019 6:22 am […]
5/16/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump knows the new immigration plan he unveiled Thursday [5-16-19] is probably dead on arrival — but that isn’t the point. Instead of trying to push it through Congress, Trump is already treating the plan less like a legislative blueprint and more as a campaign document as he readies for […]
5/8/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Big Court win at our Southern Border! We are getting there – and Wall is being built!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2019 8:42 am […]
5/7/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A bipartisan group of more than 100 former members of the House of Representatives filed a court brief Tuesday [5-7-19] in a case challenging the President’s national emergency declaration. The case, brought by the House of Representatives, seeks to block President Donald Trump from circumventing Congress to fund his signature […]
5/1/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congress must change the Immigration Laws now, Dems won’t act. Wall is being built – 400 miles by end of next year. Mexico must stop the march to Border! @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 7:06 am […]
4/23/2019
BORDER/COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House of Representatives has asked a federal judge to block President Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall using Defense Department funds. On Tuesday [4-23-19], House lawyers requested that U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden issue a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s plan to spend about $6 […]
4/8/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @WhiteHouse: The newly constructed 30-foot wall in Calexico, CA, replaces a barrier made of surplus corrugated steel landing mats from t…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 11:50 pm […]
4/6/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @WhiteHouse: Simply put: Walls work, and walls save lives. https://t.co/OyLatl4oyN” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 8:55 am […]
4/5/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House sued members of President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday [4-5-19] over his emergency declaration to force funding for a border wall. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., asserts Trump’s emergency acts in direct disregard of Congress’ will and disputes the president’s ability to access certain […]
4/5/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “In a press gaggle before heading off to California to boast of his new-but-not-new wall on Friday [4-5-19] President Donald Trump said that Mexico had recently increased its apprehension of migrants in response to his threat of shutting down the US southern border…During an April 4 radio interview, Tonatiuh Guillén, commissioner of […]
4/5/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Just checked out the new Wall on the Border – GREAT! Leaving now for L.A.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 5:16 pm […]
4/5/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Will soon be landing in Calexico, California to look at a portion of the new WALL being built on our Southern Border. Within two years we will have close to 400 miles built or under construction & keeping our Country SAFE – not easy when the Dems are always fighting to stop […]
4/5/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Heading to the Southern Border to show a section of the new Wall being built! Leaving now!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 8:22 am […]
4/4/2019
BORDER/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives will join a growing list of organizations mounting legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on the border, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday [4-4-19]. The lawsuit was approved with a 3-2 vote along party lines by the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group. The […]
3/29/2019
BORDER/DEFENSE/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Department of Homeland Security has requested assistance from the Defense Department to mount approximately 218 miles of new and replacement barriers along the US-Mexico border, according to documents released by the Sierra Club, a grassroots environmental organization. In a February 25 memo to the Defense Department, the Department of Homeland Security […]
3/26/2019
BORDER/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO/WALL: “The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday [3-26-19] failed to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, leaving in place the ‘national emergency’ he declared last month to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall that Congress has not funded. Democrats who control the House did not attract enough Republican support, falling some […]
3/15/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I’d like to thank all of the Great Republican Senators who bravely voted for Strong Border Security and the WALL. This will help stop Crime, Human Trafficking, and Drugs entering our Country. Watch, when you get back to your State, they will LOVE you more than ever before!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…A quick catch-up: Today, a dozen Republicans in the Senate voted with Democrats to reject President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for his border wall. Their rebuke comes just hours after the House — in an overwhelming, bipartisan, 420-0 vote — backed a resolution urging the Justice […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO/WALL: “A big National Emergency vote today by The United States Senate on Border Security & the Wall (which is already under major construction). I am prepared to veto, if necessary. The Southern Border is a National Security and Humanitarian Nightmare, but it can be easily fixed!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, […]
3/13/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump invited some Senate Republicans to the White House on Wednesday [3-13-19] afternoon for a two-hour conversation about trade. But the president couldn’t quite get the looming GOP rebuke of his national emergency declaration off his mind…After more than two years of keeping his veto pen capped, Trump is going […]
3/13/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A last-ditch gambit to spare Senate Republicans a hostile showdown with President Trump over the Constitution’s separation of powers was torpedoed on Wednesday [3-13-19] by the president himself, increasing the likelihood that the Senate will vote on Thursday [3-14-19] to overturn the president’s emergency declaration and force the first veto of his […]
3/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @paulsperry_: BREAKING: US Border Patrol says that after physical barriers were erected in San Diego and El Paso sectors, as well as Yum…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 10, 2019 8:44 pm […]
3/9/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “….and renovated, with MUCH MORE to follow shortly. Tens of thousands of illegals are being apprehended (captured) at the Border and NOT allowed into our Country. With another President, millions would be pouring in. I am stopping an invasion as the Wall gets built. #MAGA” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 9, 2019 5:13 […]
3/9/2019
BORDER/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Wacky Nut Job @AnnCoulter, who still hasn’t figured out that, despite all odds and an entire Democrat Party of Far Left Radicals against me (not to mention certain Republicans who are sadly unwilling to fight), I am winning on the Border. Major sections of Wall are being built…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We are apprehending record numbers of illegal immigrants – but we need the Wall to help our great Border Patrol Agents!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 8:54 am […]
3/8/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Wall is being built and is well under construction. Big impact will be made. Many additional contracts are close to being signed. Far ahead of schedule despite all of the Democrat Obstruction and Fake News!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 7:24 am […]
3/7/2019
BORDER/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Former White House chief of staff John Kelly dismissed calls for a full border wall along the US-Mexico border, telling an audience at Duke University, ‘we don’t need a wall from sea to shining sea’…Kelly, who participated in a Q&A with Duke Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Peter Feaver […]
3/6/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is talking about border security as he meets with CEOs and elected officials to kick off a new workforce advisory board. Trump — who recently declared a national emergency in an effort to secure funding for a border wall — called illegal border crossings ‘somewhat of an invasion.’ He […]
3/6/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senate Republicans are not voting on constitutionality or precedent, they are voting on desperately needed Border Security & the Wall. Our Country is being invaded with Drugs, Human Traffickers, & Criminals of all shapes and sizes. That’s what this vote is all about. STAY UNITED!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 6, 2019 12:54 […]
3/4/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “With Senator Rand Paul’s decision to support a resolution to block President Trump’s emergency declaration, Congress appears ready to deliver a stern rebuke to the president over his border wall and a clear statement that it will defend its ability to control federal spending. Senator Paul, a libertarian-minded Kentuckian, said he will […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and his national emergency declaration(all times local): 6:30 p.m. The House has voted to block President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration, a measure intended get him billions of extra dollars to build his border wall. Democrats pushed the measure through the chamber by 245-182, with 13 Republicans […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “More than a dozen Republicans voted with Democrats to block President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the United States border with Mexico. If the Senate also passes the bill, Mr. Trump has promised that he would veto the bill to protect his emergency declaration. Several Republicans voted to block President […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build his border wall will affect Texas more than any other state, and the residents of the Lone Star State are soundly against his decision to use those powers. Three in five Texas voters disapprove of Trump using his emergency executive powers to fund a […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House voted Tuesday [2-26-19] to overturn President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, delivering a harsh rebuke to the president’s attempt to go around Congress to fund a border wall. Every Democrat voted in favor, along with 13 Republicans. The Senate, which needs just fourGOP votes to approve it and send it […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump sees his border wall crusade as a base-pleasing 2020 campaign asset, proof that he is the ultimate immigration hard-liner. But his wall might not be built for years, if ever. In the meantime, Trump has yet to deliver on several other campaign promises that immigration hawks call far more […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Thirty minutes into an off-the-cuff defense of his decision to declare a national emergency to help build his border wall, President Donald Trump made an admission that may have handed ammunition to legal opponents of the move. Trump, who has long described the situation on the Southwest border as a ‘crisis’ […]
2/25/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “’Why on earth would any Republican vote not to put up a Wall or against Border Security. Please explain that to me?’ @Varneyco” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 10:01 am […]
2/25/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I hope our great Republican Senators don’t get led down the path of weak and ineffective Border Security. Without strong Borders, we don’t have a Country – and the voters are on board with us. Be strong and smart, don’t fall into the Democrats ‘trap’ of Open Borders and Crime!” –Donald Trump, […]
2/25/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We have a State of Emergency at our Southern Border. Border Patrol, our Military and local Law Enforcement are doing a great job, but without the Wall, which is now under major construction, you cannot have Border Security. Drugs, Gangs and Human Trafficking must be stopped!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Eight prototype designs of President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border will be demolished in San Diego, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Friday [2-22-19]. The border-security agency has not released details about its timeline for the demolition, but construction crews have begun work in the area to replace wire-mesh […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday [2-22-19] he is concerned about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to grab funding for a border wall, bypassing the will of Congress…Speaking at POLITICO’s State Solutions Conference, Hutchinson said drugs and undocumented immigrants coming across the southern border did constitute an emergency, […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border to get financing of a wall on that border (all times local): 3:40 p.m. President Donald Trump is pledging a veto if Congress passes a resolution blocking his use of a national emergency declaration to fund […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/DEFENSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Even if everything goes according to plan, it will likely be months before construction on President Donald Trump’s sought-after border wall can even start, according to senior defense officials. Trump recently declared a national emergency on the southern border, a move that in theory will allow his administration to tap and repurpose […]
2/21/2019
BORDER/DEMS/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump wants $5.7 billion for border security. Trump has made it clear that the centerpiece of this funding would be for ‘the wall.’ Homeland Security officials have been more specific on how they would use the money: to replace 115 miles of border fence and build an additional 100 miles […]
2/21/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday [2-21-19] that Senate Democrats will introduce a resolution to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. The Senate Democrats’ resolution of disapproval comes as House Democrats plan to introduce a similar resolution disapproving of Trump’s emergency declaration on Friday [2-22-19]…The House resolution is […]
2/21/2019
WALL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THE WALL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW! https://t.co/exUJCiITsz“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 21, 2019 9:17 am […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urged members of Congress on Wednesday [2-20-19] to back a resolution halting the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump to fund a border wall. Pelosi’s call to action comes as the White House plows ahead on transferring federal funds not contingent on Trump’s declaration […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi is throwing her muscle behind a legislative effort to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, the first formal step to counter Trump and squeeze Republicans on the border wall. Democrats will introduce legislation Friday [2-22-19] to terminate the emergency proclamation and Pelosi is urging House colleagues on […]
2/20/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 – 47 days ahead of schedule! Many miles more now under construction! #FinishTheWall https://t.co/TYkj3KRdOC“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 20, 2019 1:56 pm […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “If you weren’t already confused about the status of California’s controversial bullet train after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State address, you might be soon. During his speech last week, the governor said the high-speed rail network as it was initially envisioned — as a link between Los Angeles and the […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Democrats will file a resolution Friday [2-22-19] aimed at blocking the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump has issued to help finance his wall along the Southwest border, teeing up a clash over billions of dollars, immigration policy and the Constitution’s separation of powers. Though the effort seems […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce a resolution on Friday [2-22-19] to end President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on border security, according to aides to Representative Joaquin Castro. So far, 92 lawmakers have joined Castro in backing the legislation, which under House rules could advance […]
2/20/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce a resolution on Friday [2-22-19] to end President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on border security, according to aides to Representative Joaquin Castro. So far, 92 lawmakers have joined Castro in backing the legislation, which under House rules could advance within weeks […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/WALL: “I hear the Democrats want to take down all walls along the southern border. And if they do that, you’re going to have a very different country. But they’re not going to do that. They wouldn’t. First of all, they won’t do it because they know it’s wrong. They know walls are necessary, maybe […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump took a swing at California on Tuesday [2-19-19] morning with tweets criticizing the state for leading the legal charge against his efforts to fund a southern border wall by declaring a national emergency…The president forecast legal challenges Friday [2-15-19] when he announced his use of emergency powers during a […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/IMMIGRATION/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “California and 15 other states sued President Donald Trump on Monday [2-18-19] over his decision to declare a national emergency to free up funding for his controversial border wall, calling the move ‘unlawful and unconstitutional.’ The states allege in their lawsuit that Trump’s emergency declaration exceeds the power of the president and […]
2/19/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The failed Fast Train project in California, where the cost overruns are becoming world record setting, is hundreds of times more expensive than the desperately needed Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 19, 2019 8:53 am […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/DEMS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As I predicted, 16 states, led mostly by Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left, have filed a lawsuit in, of course, the 9th Circuit! California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their out of control Fast Train, with no hope of completion, seems in charge!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/19/2019
CALIFORNIA/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The failed Fast Train project in California, were the cost overruns are becoming world record setting, is hundreds of times more expensive than the desperately needed Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 19, 2019 7:48 am […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/DEMS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As I predicted, 16 cities, led mostly by Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left, have filed a lawsuit in, of course, the 9th Circuit! California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their out of control Fast Train, with no hope of completion, seems in charge!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/19/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general, has already sued the Trump administration more than 40 times, positioning himself on the front lines of the Golden State’s resistance to the president’s policies. Yesterday, he added another big lawsuit to the tally. Mr. Becerra, along with his counterparts in 15 other states, challenged President Trump’s […]
2/18/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A coalition of 16 states filed suit on Monday [2-18-19] to block President Donald Trump’s effort to fund his border wall by declaring a national emergency, calling it a ‘flagrant disregard of fundamental separation of powers principles.’ The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, is the third in […]
2/18/2019
BORDER/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, on Monday [2-18-19] challenged President Trump in court over his plan to use emergency powers to spend billions of dollars on his border wall. The lawsuit is part of a constitutional confrontation that Mr. Trump set off on Friday [2-15-19] when he […]
2/16/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BUILDING THE WALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 7:10 pm […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “All through the 2016 campaign Donald Trump warned about the menace of immigration by reciting the lyrics of a song called ‘The Snake,’ about a kind woman who takes a snake into her home, only to die when he bites her. The snake tells the woman, ‘You knew I was a […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Friday [2-15-19] signed a deal for far less money than he wanted to start to put up a tiny fraction of a slat-fence variety of the long-promised border wall he says he’s been building but hasn’t. It was clearly a loss. He still called it a win…Trump declaring […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We’re ending the week on a high note: The government isn’t going to shut down tonight! Republicans, Democrats, Congress and the President came together (mostly), put aside their differences (kinda), and have passed a stopgap spending bill that lacks Trump’s stated $5.7 billion for the border wall. He officially signed the bill […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As President Trump declared a national emergency on Friday [2-15-19] to bypass Congress and build his long-promised wall, he again painted a portrait of a lawless, chaotic border and cited arguments about the effectiveness of the kind of barrier he has in mind that were not rooted in facts. Illegal border crossings […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico on Friday [2-15-19] in order to access billions of dollars that Congress refused to give him to build a wall there, transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a confrontation over the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution. Trying to […]