The rapid construction of the border wall while so many Americans are suffering is unnerving, they write.

Senate Republicans expressed deep skepticism about Trump’s emergency declaration at a closed-door meeting with the vice president.

Flake expects co-sponsors in both parties for his effort. The retiring Arizona Republican said he plans to go to the Senate floor as soon as the chamber returns from next week’s recess and will demand a vote on his plan to provide $7.6 billion in border wall money spread over three years in exchange for three years of codification of the expiring Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals program.