There Is No ‘National Emergency’ at the Border
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There Is No ‘National Emergency’ at the Border, and Trump’s Declaration Is Illegal
President Donald Trump admits he’s making his move because he didn’t get his way with Congress, and in the process, he hurts American communities.
After more than a month of threats, a government shutdown, and bipartisan action by Congress, President Trump has finally declared a national emergency to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on his border wall obsession. In response, the ACLU will file a lawsuit early next week challenging this blatantly illegal executive action.
Let’s get something straight upfront: There is no emergency. Members of Congress from both parties, security experts, and Americans who live at the border have all said so. What the president is doing is yet another illegal and dangerous power grab in service of his anti-immigrant agenda…continue reading
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