BORDER/LAWSUIT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is well aware that his national emergency declaration will face legal challenges, but he’s moving forward anyway…Trump’s frustration draws from the number of times courts have already blocked White House policies, such as the travel ban and ending the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The President […]
Category: Wall
2/15/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump met his day of defeat with a list of grievances. He lashed out at Congress for denying him the money to build a border wall. He called his Democratic rivals liars. He blasted former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan for inaction when the GOP controlled Congress. And, of course, […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “California is wasting no time in seeking to block Donald Trump’s emergency declaration. ‘Our message back to the White House is simple and clear: California will see you in court,’ Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement released shortly after Trump’s anticipated announcement that he would circumvent Congress and find funds to […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s attempt to circumvent Congress to fund his border wall has set off an intense scramble by Democratic leaders to reject the move — with efforts to halt his emergency declaration set to come before Congress and the courts. The Democratic-controlled House plans to pursue that two-track approach immediately. Plans […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday [2-15-19] to secure funding for a proposed border wall, but many Democrats and some Republicans have criticized the move…Many Twitter accounts for Democrats and left-leaning groups and politicians were quick to latch onto the Trump quote and soon declared it a ‘#FakeTrumpEmergency,’ which […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Ann Coulter? ‘I don’t know her,’ President Donald Trump said at a press conference Friday [2-15-19], describing his relationship with the conservative commentator who has introduced him at rallies. Asked Friday whether conservative media personalities influenced his policy on building a border wall, the president denied commentators like Coulter and Fox […]
2/12/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I want to thank all Republicans for the work you have done in dealing with the Radical Left on Border Security. Not an easy task, but the Wall is being built and will be a great achievement and contributor toward life and safety within our Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 12, 2019 […]
2/12/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “….Will be getting almost $23 BILLION for Border Security. Regardless of Wall money, it is being built as we speak!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 12, 2019 6:47 pm […]
2/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Border Committee Democrats are behaving, all of a sudden, irrationally. Not only are they unwilling to give dollars for the obviously needed Wall (they overrode recommendations of Border Patrol experts), but they don’t even want to take muderers into custody! What’s going on?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 10, 2019 4:54 pm […]
2/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I don’t think the Dems on the Border Committee are being allowed by their leaders to make a deal. They are offering very little money for the desperately needed Border Wall & now, out of the blue, want a cap on convicted violent felons to be held in detention!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/10/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Gallup Poll: ‘Open Borders will potentially attract 42 million Latin Americans.’ This would be a disaster for the U.S. We need the Wall now!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 10, 2019 10:24 am […]
2/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Democrats just don’t seem to want Border Security. They are fighting Border Agents recommendations. If you believe news reports, they are not offering much for the Wall. They look to be making this a campaign issue. The Wall will get built one way or the other!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, […]
2/8/2019
BORDER/DEMS/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Beto O’Rourke will lead a march though his hometown of El Paso, Texas, to protest a border wall at the same time President Donald Trump will be holding a rally there to promote it. O’Rourke is teaming with dozens of civic and human rights organizations for a Monday evening event he says […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There is a growing optimism in the White House that a budget agreement to avoid another partial government shutdown can be reached, a senior White House official said Thursday [2-7-19]. The shift from earlier in the week, when some White House officials expressed concern about the prospects of a deal, comes as […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Inside the White House, the Trump team is increasingly aware that the president is trapped. Facing a Republican Party unwilling to back another government shutdown or a national emergency declaration to build his border wall, President Donald Trump is in an unfamiliar position, according to multiple White House officials and lawmakers: prepared, […]
2/6/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump kept a relatively low profile the day after his State of the Union address, staying silent on Twitter and remaining in Washington on a day when many past presidents have hit the road to amplify their annual speeches. But White House officials and close advisers say that Trump is […]
2/8/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, President George W. Bush declared a national emergency to do something Republicans had long wanted to do anyway: He suspended prevailing wage laws on federal contracts to rebuild the region. Labor unions protested. Democrats signed on to a bill to rewrite the law. […]
2/6/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “You might say that Donald Trump’s presidency seems to be heading toward a wall. Trump strode down the center aisle of the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday [2-5-19] night just as he did at last year’s State of the Union. Once again, he stuck to a script – an evening for Teleprompter […]
2/6/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump will return to the U.S.-Mexico border next week amid ongoing negotiations to avoid another government shutdown and as the White House lays the groundwork for declaring a national emergency to build a border wall. A day after a State of the Union address in which Trump discussed the need […]
2/6/2019
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 […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As the federal government prepares to begin construction of barriers and fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, activists in the Rio Grande Valley are joining forces to oppose the projects. The groups that gathered over the weekend in Mission include the No Border Wall coalition and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. Construction equipment […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Poll after poll shows that most Americans don’t believe illegal border crossings are the country’s most pressing problem. Far from it. But ‘the wall’ is the subject of constant coverage and advocacy by right-wing media outlets. That’s what President Trump is hearing and seeing all the time. And that’s what’s informing his […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/ENVIRONMENT/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As President Donald Trump prepares to sell Congress on the border wall at Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union, a butterfly conservation group is putting itself in the way of construction set to begin in Texas. Equipment for the construction of the first new miles of southern border wall approved since Trump […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “When President Donald Trump climbs the rostrum to deliver his second State of the Union address, he’ll share the stage with the Democrat who has become his most vexing political rival: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. White House aides say Trump intends to deliver a speech focused on bipartisanship. But sitting just […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Tremendous numbers of people are coming up through Mexico in the hopes of flooding our Southern Border. We have sent additional military. We will build a Human Wall if necessary. If we had a real Wall, this would be a non-event!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 5, 2019 9:10 am […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump told Americans in his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] that illegal immigration was an urgent national crisis and he vowed to build a border wall as he sought funding for a project rejected by Democrats…Trump used part of his speech to offer a spirit of compromise, […]
2/4/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said there is a ‘good chance’ he’ll declare a national emergency to build his proposed border wall and said he would use his State of the Union address next week to once again make a case for the barrier. ‘I think there’s a good chance we’ll have to do […]
2/4/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Many Senate Republicans are deeply opposed to President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to build his border wall, with enough resistance that the president might ultimately be forced to veto a measure intended to block him. Interviews with a dozen GOP senators on Monday [2-4-19] revealed broad efforts to wave Trump […]
2/4/2019
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump’s legislative path to a border wall has narrowed significantly on the eve of Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union speech, and his fallback plan to circumvent Congress by declaring a state of emergency could create a major division in his own party. As he prepares to make his case to […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump described House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as ‘very rigid’ during negotiations over ending the government shutdown last month and claimed his Democratic rival engaged in ‘very bad politics’ on his proposed border wall. The president made the remarks in an interview with CBS, part of which will air on […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is doing all he can to blow up border security spending talks. But few people on Capitol Hill are listening. Lawmakers and aides from both parties are plowing ahead with negotiations this weekend, ignoring Trump’s growing public disgust for a closed-door process that is increasingly unlikely to deliver a […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump appeared to suggest Friday [2-1-19] that he will announce some kind of border wall action during next week’s State of the Union. Asked if he expects to declare a national emergency on the wall funding issue, Trump told reporters: ‘I don’t want to say it, but you’ll hear the […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Fox News figures are sending a message to President Donald Trump: Pull the trigger on declaring a national emergency. With a little over two weeks until another possible government shutdown, multiple Fox hosts and commentators are goading the president into taking the emergency option to build a wall on the southern border, […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “More troops being sent to the Southern Border to stop the attempted Invasion of Illegals, through large Caravans, into our Country. We have stopped the previous Caravans, and we will stop these also. With a Wall it would be soooo much easier and less expensive. Being Built!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee are wasting their time. Democrats, despite all of the evidence, proof and Caravans coming, are not going to give money to build the DESPERATELY needed WALL. I’ve got you covered. Wall is already being built, I don’t expect much help!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump proclaimed on Thursday [1-31-19] that without funding for his wall at the southwestern border, the panel of lawmakers negotiating a broad compromise on border security would be ‘wasting their time,’ issuing what appeared to be an ultimatum even as lawmakers pleaded for a chance to reach a deal that would […]
1/31/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Lets just call them WALLS from now on and stop playing political games! A WALL is a WALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 7:16 am […]
1/30/2019
BORDER/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump blamed former House Speaker Paul Ryan for not getting funding for the wall, saying in an interview with The Daily Caller that Ryan assured him congressional Republicans would get the money when the President agreed not to veto the omnibus spending bill last year..Ryan was the leader of […]
1/30/2019
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she believes God wanted President Donald Trump to win the 2016 election, the Christian Broadcasting Network reported on Wednesday [1-30-19]. ‘I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and I think that he wanted Donald Trump to become […]
1/30/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s planned ‘great, great wall’ began morphing into a physical barrier and an array of high-tech gadgets in congressional talks launched on Wednesday to forge a compromise on security at the U.S. border with Mexico. Although there were no guarantees a deal could be reached by a Feb. 15 deadline, […]
1/30/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [1-30-19] warned lawmakers beginning negotiations to avert another government shutdown that they are ‘wasting their time’ if they are not discussing construction of a physical barrier along the nation’s southern border, a long-standing demand of the president’s. A 17-member bipartisan committee made up of lawmakers from both […]
1/30/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “If the committee of Republicans and Democrats now meeting on Border Security is not discussing or contemplating a Wall or Physical Barrier, they are Wasting their time!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 30, 2019 6:49 am […]
1/29/2019
BORDER/LATINOS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s new favorite talking point is a claim that his recent crusade for a southern border wall, which draws furious accusations of xenophobia and racism, has made him more likable to Hispanics…It was at least the third time Trump has publicly referenced the surprising number, including in a Jan. 27 […]
1/29/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “After President Donald Trump leveled a rare Twitter attack against Fox News – a network he normally praises for its favorable coverage of him – one of the conservative channel’s anchors lambasted the president for ‘bullying journalists.’ Fox News anchor Julie Banderas was outraged after Trump posted a tweet Sunday night complaining […]
1/29/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats in the House offered a border security plan on Wednesday [1-30-19] that would not provide a penny for Donald Trump’s border wall, ignoring — for now — an early-morning warning from the president that they’d be ‘wasting their time’ if they don’t come up with wall money. The Democratic […]
1/28/2019
BORDER/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senate Republicans can’t stomach another shutdown. After weathering 35 days of a partial government closure, the Senate GOP is dreading the possibility another one will hit in less than three weeks — a sentiment that could prevent President Donald Trump from closing the government again. Though House Republicans aren’t ruling out supporting […]
1/28/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 5, 10 days before the deadline for lawmakers in the House and the Senate to reach an agreement on a border security package to avert another government shutdown. Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent an invitation to the president on […]
1/28/2019
BORDER/CHINA/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump this week will turn his attention from a fight with congressional Democrats to an even more formidable negotiating challenge, one with potentially higher stakes: China. Trade talks with Beijing begin on Wednesday [1-30-19] in Washington, kicking off a monthlong sprint of negotiations between the two nations that could prove […]
1/27/2019
MILITARY/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “After all that I have done for the Military, our great Veterans, Judges (99), Justices (2), Tax & Regulation Cuts, the Economy, Energy, Trade & MUCH MORE, does anybody really think I won’t build the WALL? Done more in first two years than any President! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/27/2019
LATINOS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Never thought I’d say this but I think @johnrobertsFox and @GillianHTurner @FoxNews have even less understanding of the Wall negotiations than the folks at FAKE NEWS CNN & NBC! Look to final results! Don’t know how my poll numbers are so good, especially up 19% with Hispanics?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 27, […]
1/27/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Never thought I’d say this but I think @johnrobertsFox and @JillianTurner @FoxNews have even less understanding of the Wall negotiations than the folks at FAKE NEWS CNN & NBC! Look to final results! Don’t know how my poll numbers are so good, especially up 19% with Hispanics?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 27, […]
1/27/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL! https://t.co/yDdCG5DCxn” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 27, 2019 1:22 pm […]
1/27/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump came away empty-handed for now after the longest federal government shutdown in American history failed to pressure Congress into funding his long-promised border wall, purportedly to stop an inflow of drugs and crime from Mexico. But he is not done making his case on immigration. On Sunday [1-27-19] he rattled […]
1/26/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Only fools, or people with a political agenda, don’t want a Wall or Steel Barrier to protect our Country from Crime, Drugs and Human Trafficking. It will happen – it always does!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 26, 2019 3:52 pm […]
1/26/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL! https://t.co/a0G7GWi74k“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 26, 2019 11:42 am […]
1/26/2019
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “’We absolutely need a physical barrier or Wall, whatever you want to call it. The President yesterday laid all that out. We need to do it all, including the Wall. I provided the same information to the previous administration, & it was ignored.’ Mark Morgan, Border Chief for ‘O’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/26/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We have turned away, at great expense, two major Caravans, but a big one has now formed and is coming. At least 8000 people! If we had a powerful Wall, they wouldn’t even try to make the long and dangerous journey. Build the Wall and Crime will Fall!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]
1/26/2019
DEMS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “21 days goes very quickly. Negotiations with Democrats will start immediately. Will not be easy to make a deal, both parties very dug in. The case for National Security has been greatly enhanced by what has been happening at the Border & through dialogue. We will build the Wall!” –Donald Trump, […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump agreed on Friday [1-25-19] to reopen the federal government for three weeks while negotiations continued over how to secure the nation’s southwestern border, backing down after a monthlong standoff failed to force Democrats to give him billions of dollars for his long-promised wall. The president’s concession paved the way for […]
1/25/2019
GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Some of the most prominent voices in the conservative base were furious at President Trump on Friday [1-25-19] after he agreed to reopen the government without getting money for a border wall — the sort of terms he had spent more than a month rejecting. They derided the deal as a […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump conceded Friday [1-25-19] to mounting pressure that he reopen the federal government, agreeing to a temporary funding measure that would allow federal employees to return to work but that does not include the billions of dollars in border wall funding he’s spent the past month demanding. The outcome of […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill into law Friday [1-25-19] night that does not include his requested $5.7 billion for a border wall. The White House announced late Friday that Trump had signed the measure, a three-week stopgap bill that will reopen shuttered parts of the government through February 15. […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There’s no spinning what happened in Washington on Friday [1-25-19]: Donald Trump caved to Nancy Pelosi — and a compromise to reopen the government was struck. The bigger question is how. How, after 3+ years of Trump running roughshod on the political process, did Pelosi, the newly installed speaker of the […]
1/25/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The president announced a deal on Friday [1-25-19] to temporarily end to the longest-ever government shutdown, teeing up three weeks of negotiations to end the stalemate over funding for a wall along the southern border. Trump, speaking from the White House, said the temporary relief would allow the 800,000 federal employees who […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I wish people would read or listen to my words on the Border Wall. This was in no way a concession. It was taking care of millions of people who were getting badly hurt by the Shutdown with the understanding that in 21 days, if no deal is done, it’s off to […]
1/25/2019
GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Trump announced Friday [1-25-19] his willingness to end the shutdown for three weeks. During that time, he will use the State of the Union and other events to build pressure for a wall. In the words of Bill O’Reilly, ‘Political chess game continues. President Trump reopens government — a […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Conservatives had a quick message for President Donald Trump after he announced a deal to end the government shutdown without funds for his border wall: You caved!…’Nancy Pelosi is alpha,’ tweeted conservative film maker Mike Cernovich. And right wing commentator Michael Malice opined: ‘Apparently a wall isn’t as good as […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Seven percent of Americans against the border wall believe that Congress should fund President Donald Trump’s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border if that is the only way to end the government shutdown. That fact is an enormous opportunity to change the dynamic between this Congress and this president. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end Friday [1-25-19] after President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to temporarily reopen shuttered federal agencies without providing any money for the president’s border wall. Soon after Trump announced the deal Friday afternoon in the Rose Garden, the House and Senate quickly […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “After the Senate voted down two proposals to reopen the government on Thursday [1-24-19], lawmakers are searching for a way to end the partial shutdown, though it is still not clear whether Democrats and the White House will be able to find common ground as President Donald Trump continues to push for […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-24-19] he is open to a measure to end the partial government shutdown for three weeks in exchange for a ‘down payment’ on his border wall, marking a potential breakthrough in the weekslong stalemate. Trump’s comments that he would consider a ‘reasonable agreement’ worked out by Senate […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/DHS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The White House is preparing a draft proclamation for President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency along the southern border and has identified more than $7 billion in potential funds for his signature border wall should he go that route, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN. Trump has not ruled […]
1/24/2019
CRIME/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nancy just said she ‘just doesn’t understand why?’ Very simply, without a Wall it all doesn’t work. Our Country has a chance to greatly reduce Crime, Human Trafficking, Gangs and Drugs. Should have been done for decades. We will not Cave!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 24, 2019 11:16 am […]
1/24/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Without a Wall there cannot be safety and security at the Border or for the U.S.A. BUILD THE WALL AND CRIME WILL FALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 24, 2019 8:37 am […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/NANCY PELOSI/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is looking at his options. After being disinvited from giving his State of the Union address in the House chamber, Trump is scouting for a new venue to give the annual address. While the president had been planning to speak in the House – as is customary – […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats aren’t the only ones who wish President Donald Trump weren’t obsessed with building a border wall. Even hard-line conservative immigration activists are frustrated with Trump’s relentless focus on a border wall — and are pushing him to embrace what they call more effective enforcement policies as part of any deal with […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Dems offer Trump money — with strings attached. House Democrats are drafting a letter to President Donald Trump offering roughly $5 billion for border security – if the president agrees to reopen the government. The catch: The money can’t be used for any ‘new structures’ (read: a wall) along the southern border. […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The federal government has been partially shut down for more than a month because of an impasse between Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the president’s demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the southern border. Democrats have remained adamant in their opposition to such a barrier. However, on Wednesday, […]
1/23/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Even Trump Haters like (MS)NBC acknowledge you ‘BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!’ https://t.co/bKIgmHUW5P“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 2:00 pm […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As new polls released on Wednesday [1-23-19] showed that a majority of Americans had cooled to the idea of a protracted government shutdown over his long-promised border wall, President Trump woke up with the same two options facing him as the past 33 days: He could fight back or concede. Or maybe […]
1/23/2019
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 7:59 am […]
1/23/2019
CRIME/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL! This is the new theme, for two years until the Wall is finished (under construction now), of the Republican Party. Use it and pray!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 7:57 am […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Great unity in the Republican Party. Want to, once and for all, put an end to stoppable crime and drugs! Border Security and Wall. No doubt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 7:48 am […]
1/22/2019
DREAMERS/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The U.S. Senate shifted slightly closer on Tuesday [1-22-19] to resolving a month-long partial government shutdown, but there was no sign of relief anytime soon for 800,000 federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laid the groundwork for a vote on Thursday on […]
1/22/2019
GOP/GOVERNMENT/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Senate is poised as early as Tuesday [1-22-19] to act on a Trump-backed measure to end the partial government shutdown, but a bill promoted as a compromise to pair the president’s wall with legal protections for some immigrants would also severely restrict migrants’ ability to claim asylum, drawing fierce opposition from […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Senate will take two key votes on Thursday [1-22-19] on competing proposals aimed at ending the ongoing government shutdown — one backed by Republicans and the other backed by Democrats and both likely to fail. One of the votes will be on a proposal backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/DREAMERS/GOVERNMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The U.S. Senate shifted slightly closer on Tuesday [1-22-19] to resolving a month-long partial government shutdown, but there was no sign of relief anytime soon for 800,000 federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laid the groundwork for a vote on Thursday [1-24-19] on […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Without a Wall our Country can never have Border or National Security. With a powerful Wall or Steel Barrier, Crime Rates (and Drugs) will go substantially down all over the U.S. The Dems know this but want to play political games. Must finally be done correctly. No Cave!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/20/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Don’t forget, we are building and renovating big sections of Wall right now. Moving quickly, and will cost far less than previous politicians thought possible. Building, after all, is what I do best, even when money is not readily available!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2019 9:20 am […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/LATINOS/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Wow, just heard that my poll numbers with Hispanics has gone up 19%, to 50%. That is because they know the Border issue better than anyone, and they want Security, which can only be gotten with a Wall.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2019 9:03 am […]
1/19/2019
IMMIGRATION/STEVE KING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Immigration hard-liners on Saturday [1-19-19] afternoon blasted President Donald Trump’s proposed deal to end the government shutdown, attacking his offer of temporary protection for some undocumented immigrants in exchange for border wall funding. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tweeted: ‘A Big Beautiful Concrete Border Wall will be a monument to the […]
1/19/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A year ago, President Donald Trump was spending a holiday weekend in the South Florida sun, making morning excursions to his golf course and passing warm evenings on the patio of his estate as the sound of a piano wafted in the breeze. There’s no warmth now. The President is again sequestered […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats another proposal to end the shutdown when he addresses the nation from the White House on Saturday [1-19-19] afternoon — what officials are describing as his third offer to end the shutdown, according to a senior administration official. The official told CNN that Trump’s idea […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s campaign is raising money to send bricks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over the ongoing dispute to fund a wall along the southern border that led to the partial government shutdown…The border wall is at the heart of what led […]
1/18/2019
AFGHANISTAN/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday [1-18-19] for attempting to visit troops in Afghanistan as the government shutdown continues with no end in sight..Trump “postponed” Pelosi’s congressional trip in apparent retaliation after the House speaker on Wednesday requested the president delay his State of the Union address […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/MUSLIMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump revived an old and still unproved rumor that hints that Islamic migrants were entering the United States through Mexico and could pose a terrorism threat. This lacks evidence. Starting as early as 2005, politicians have claimed to have discovered discarded prayer rugs — and perhaps even Qurans or ‘a lot […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Democrats have added more than $1 billion in border-related spending to a package of funding bills that would reopen most of the government, even as President Trump said he would have a ‘major announcement’ on Saturday [1-19-19] about the border and the shutdown stalemate. Both sides’ actions were the first […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/DEMS/DREAMERS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump, facing a growing public backlash over the partial government shutdown, shifted course on Saturday [1-19-19] and offered Democrats a deal: temporary protections for roughly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion in funding for a wall along the southern border. But the proposal, which Mr. Trump unveiled in […]
1/18/2019
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Another big Caravan heading our way. Very hard to stop without a Wall! “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 18, 2019 9:13 am […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nearly 400 migrants burrowed under a fence on the US-Mexico border earlier this week and crossed into the United States, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN. US Border Patrol officers stationed in the Yuma, Arizona, sector took about 375 migrants into custody on Monday after they had made it into […]