BREAKING: President Trump considering declaring a national emergency to circumvent congressional approval to allocate funds for border wall:
“We can call a national emergency because of the security of our country… I haven’t done it, I may do it.”
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 4, 2019
He should be saying how many people are entering illegally every day when he’s making his point. DHS took 51,912 migrants into custody in May, for the third month in a row. Imagine how many got past if they caught 51,000?
Via Fox News:
President Trump stood firm Friday on his demands for a border wall after the second White House meeting with congressional leaders this week broke up with no apparent deal, warning Democrats the partial government shutdown could last “years” and saying he could even declare a “national emergency” to bypass Congress if necessary.
“We can call a national emergency [to build a border wall] because of the security of our country,” Trump told reporters in the Rose Garden, during a lengthy and impromptu press conference.
“I may do it,” he said, before adding, “If we can do it through a negotiated process, we’re giving it a shot.”
The press conference underscored how far apart both sides are, even as Trump called the meeting “productive” and suggested the standoff could end soon — or not. He indicated he was not shifting on his demand for more than $5 billion for funding for a wall on the southern border, saying it was necessary as the border is a “dangerous, horrible disaster.”
“This is national security we’re talking about, we’re not talking about games,” he told reporters. “We’re not playing games, we have to do it.”