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25 Feb 2021

GAO: Pentagon didn’t fully evaluate costs, readiness effects of deploying troops to border

The Pentagon did not fully evaluate potential costs and effects on readiness before deploying troops to the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration, a watchdog report said Tuesday.
The Pentagon did not fully evaluate potential costs and effects on readiness before deploying troops to the U.S.-Mexico...
15 Feb 2020

Trump Administration Taking $3.8 Billion More From Military for Mexico Border Wall

The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly $4 billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico, a central promise of President Donald Trump's campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term.
The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly $4 billion from the military budget to pay for a...
11 Feb 2020

Trump to Make Lower, $2 Billion Spending Request for Border Wall: Officials

U.S. President Donald Trump will request $2 billion in new funding for border wall construction in his 2021 budget, substantially less than he sought last year, according to senior administration officials.
U.S. President Donald Trump will request $2 billion in new funding for border wall construction in his 2021 budget,...
17 Jan 2020

DHS has requested Pentagon assistance to build 270 miles of border wall

The Pentagon received a Department of Homeland Security request Wednesday to build and pay for hundreds of additional miles of border wall on the southwest border, according to the Department of Defense.
The Pentagon received a Department of Homeland Security request Wednesday to build and pay for hundreds of additional...

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29 Sep 2019

Bill with $5 billion in wall funding advanced over Democrats’ objections

Republicans at a contentious hearing on Thursday pushed through a Homeland Security spending measure that included $5 billion for President Trump's proposed border wall over the opposition of Democrats, who vowed to block the bill's passage on the
Republicans at a contentious hearing on Thursday pushed through a Homeland Security spending measure that included $5...
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29 Jun 2019

What took Congress so long to make a deal to address the border crisis?

Another prime example of politics in the Trump era. The House and the Senate passed $4.5 billion packages to aid border officials. But Republicans and Democrats can't agree on what the money should be used for, and they almost went home or a Fourth of July break Friday at the height of the migrant crisis without doing anything about it
Another prime example of politics in the Trump era. The House and the Senate passed $4.5 billion packages to aid border...
25 May 2019

Senate approves deal on disaster aid, leaves out border money Trump demanded – The Washington Post

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a $19.1 billion disaster-aid package, advancing legislation that would break a months-long impasse over federal funding for stretches of the country afflicted by natural disasters.
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a $19.1 billion disaster-aid package, advancing legislation that...
2 Apr 2019

AP sources: Trump considers adding ‘immigration czar’

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he threatens to shut down the southern border, President Donald Trump is considering bringing on a "border" or "immigration czar" to coordinate the president’s immigration policies across various federal agencies, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he threatens to shut down the southern border, President Donald Trump is considering bringing on...
2 Apr 2019

Democrats Slam Kirstjen Nielsen Over Border Comments

Together with immigration rights activists, Democrats are pushing back against Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's recent comments pertaining to the alleged humanitarian crisis at the border, The Hill reports.
Together with immigration rights activists, Democrats are pushing back against Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen...
15 Dec 2018

Trump Weighs Next Move on Border Wall as Shutdown Looms

Congress is racing to avoid a partial government shutdown next Friday over President Donald Trump's border wall. But you wouldn't know it by the schedule, as lawmakers left town waiting for the White House's next move.
Congress is racing to avoid a partial government shutdown next Friday over President Donald Trump's border wall. But you...
11 Dec 2018

In Heated On-Camera Clash, Trump Fights With Top Democrats on Border Wall

U.S. President Donald Trump openly fought with the top two Democratic lawmakers in the Oval Office on Tuesday about government funding, throwing into question whether a deal to avert a government shutdown was possible ahead of a deadline next week.
U.S. President Donald Trump openly fought with the top two Democratic lawmakers in the Oval Office on Tuesday about...
11 Dec 2018

Trump demands border wall money; shutdown showdown nears

President Donald Trump says Congress should provide all the money he wants for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, and he calls illegal immigration a "threat to the well-being of every American community."
President Donald Trump says Congress should provide all the money he wants for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, and...

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10 Jan 2018

Top Democrats send mixed signals on Dreamers, budget deal

The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress sent mixed signals on Monday about chances for cutting a deal with Republicans to save the "Dreamer" immigrants from deportation and preventing a federal government shutdown ahead of a Jan. 19 deadline.
The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress sent mixed signals on Monday about chances for cutting a deal with...
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