Blog Stage Two-Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall

I have read the article "Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall" by Peter Baker and I believe that it should be read. This article talks about how President Trump declared a National Emergency to put his big plans of constructing a border wall into action. Building this wall would cost billions of dollars, and congress has said no to funding for it. This was transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a fundamental confrontation over the separation of powers. President Trump said that he would sign a declaration to protect the citizens of the United States from drugs, criminals and illegal immigrants. Instant condemnation from Republicans and Democrats, they both called it "unconstitutional abuse of his authority." Both Republicans and Democrats agreed that the president is not above the law, yet President Trump is trying to go outside the bounds of the law. The spending package for funding the wall was passed by Congress on Thursday, after the 35 day government shutdown. Congress did not want a second shutdown so they complied with President Trumps request for the billions of dollars for funding the wall. The President signed this spending package on Friday and wants to put it into action.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/national-emergency-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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