Saturday, 16 February 2019

Trump declares national emergency to build US-Mexico border wall

Activists file first legal complaint against plan that would divert funds from Pentagon

Donald Trump has defied fierce criticism to announce that he is using emergency powers to bypass Congress and pursue the building of a wall on the US-Mexico border.

At a combative, rambling and at times incoherent press conference in the White House, the US president insisted he had no choice but to declare a national emergency to stop illegal immigrants spreading crime and drugs.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2DFuSzQ

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