After reaching a tentative agreement on the border wall funding earlier this week, the U.S. Senate and House have both passed the bipartisan funding bill on Thursday and have sent it to President Trump to sign.
According to ABC News, the President told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that he will sign the bill despite the fact that it only allows for a quarter of the funds initially requested for the construction of the southern border wall. McConnell also announced that with the signing of the nearly 1,000-page budget bill, President Trump will also be declaring a national emergency.
By declaring a national emergency, President Trump will be able to appropriate funds not assigned to a specific purpose, to building the U.S.-Mexico border wall. ABC News reports that President Trump will announce on Friday, that he plans to spend around $8 billion on a physical barrier on the Southern border.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed this plan in a statement released Thursday noting that President Trump is doing what he feels is necessary to control the border crisis. She said, “President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action – including a national emergency – to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border. The…
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