DOD Border Wall

If the House and Senate and President cannot agree on a budget within the next 3 weeks, the shutdown will begin again on 2/15/19. The President will issue an order to establish funding for border construction from the defense budgets as outlined below:

White House Drafting $7 Billion National Emergency Draft Wall Plan, by Michelle Moons, 1/24/19, Breitbart.

The White House is preparing a much-anticipated plan to have President Donald Trump declare a national emergency at the southern border, CNN reported Thursday evening.

The report stated that under the draft plan, more than $7 billion could be allocated to build a barrier at the U.S. southern border. CNN cited what it claimed was a portion of the draft presidential proclamation, “The massive amount of aliens who unlawfully enter the United States each day is a direct threat to the safety and security of our nation and constitutes a national emergency.”

The report cited more of what it said was wording included in a version of the draft that a U.S. official told the outlet was updated at least last week, “Now, therefore, I, Donald J. Trump, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C 1601, et seq.), hereby declare that a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States.”

Funds broken down would come from four places, according to the official cited in the report: $3.6 billion from military construction funds, $3 billion from Pentagon civil works funds, $681 million from Treasury forfeiture funds, and $200 million from the Department of Homeland Security.

President Trump has repeatedly expressed that he could declare a state of emergency at the southern border and release funds to build a border barrier and secure the border. He has also said repeatedly that he would rather not accomplish the task by exercising that option. Work on the barrier would be done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to the report.

Thursday marked the 34th day of a partial government shutdown, as Democrat congressional leadership has refused to negotiate on the president’s request of $5.7 billion to fund a small portion of wall or barrier and for border security on the southern border.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/cnn-white-house-drafting-7-billion-national-emergency-draft-wall-plan/

Comments

This National Emergency Order is a better option. It doesn’t include pandering to DACA or Illegal Caravan Migrant Invaders.

The DACA illegals should be able to apply for existing Visas based on merit and need and be sponsored by employers like any other immigrant. Illegal Caravan Migrant Invaders should not be given any humanitarian assistance.

The US should also stop taking applications for amnesty at the border, but require that all amnesty applications be filed at US embassies in the immigrant’s home countries.

The US should eliminate all welfare, support and legal rights to all illegal immigrants going forward. All federal subsidies should be removed from States, Counties and Cities that support sanctuary policies.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader