Trump requests $18 billion from lawmakers for border wall, indicating U.S. taxpayers would fund it for the foreseeable future
The Trump administration has told lawmakers that it wants $18 billion over the next decade for the initial phase of a Mexico border wall, laying out for the first time a detailed financial blueprint for the president��s signature campaign promise.
Democratic lawmakers blasted the request, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, and it arrived in the middle of delicate budget negotiations that include the risk of a government shutdown Jan. 20 if no deal is reached. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol provided the funding outline at the request of senators preparing to launch negotiations this month on several contentious immigration issues, including a potential deal to protect young immigrants who will be subject to deportation when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program expires beginning in March.
With their votes needed to keep the government open, Democrats are looking to use their leverage in the spending talks to force the Republicans who control Congress to reach a deal on
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This is one of his crazier ideas. They can improve border security with technology and other contemporary concepts...... IF they must. Trump has a crazy wall fixation..... and not receptive to other , less expensive ideas.
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