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Donald Trump Announces State of Emergency at the Border

by Charlie Spiering

President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency Friday to address the border crisis, allowing him to move outside of Congress to build border barriers.

“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our border,” Trump announced in the Rose Garden.

Trump previewed the legal fight to declare the emergency, citing previous presidents using the designation.

“So I’m going to be signing a national emergency, and it’s been signed many times before. … It’s rarely a problem,” he said. “They sign it, and nobody cares.”

He said that the decision was “very simple” and would help stop the crisis at the border.

Trump expressed his frustration with Congress, who refused to address his demand for $5.6 billion in funding for physical barriers.

He said that Democrats and local politicians who said that walls did not work were telling “lies,” again pointing to the physical barriers in El Paso that successfully protect Americans on the other side from traffickers, criminals, and illegal immigrants.

“Nancy knows it. Chuck knows it. It’s a lie. It’s a very big con game,” Trump said.

He also said he is working with Mexican officials to break up “monstrous” caravans coming to the United States.

“If we didn’t have the wall up … they would have walked right through,” he said.

The state of emergency declaration allows the president to shift existing funds within the government to the border.

Family members who lost loved ones to illegal immigrants committing crimes in the United States attended the event, as well as border patrol officials.

Trump singled out several of them, asking that they show photos of their deceased loved ones to the press gathered at the White House.

White House staff spotted at the announcement included newly sworn-in Attorney General Bill Barr.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/15/donald-trump-announces-state-emergency-border/

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