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Posted On: 01/15/2019 10:16:55 AM
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Trump: 'Broken Border' More Damaging Than Government Shutdown
- A migrant climbs the border fence before jumping into the U.S. in San Diego, California, from Tijuana, Mexico.
WASHINGTON —
U.S. President Donald Trump contended Sunday that the damage from the country's "badly broken border" with Mexico is "far greater" than the effects of the longest-ever partial government shutdown, now in its 23rd day.
"The building of the Wall on the Southern Border will bring down the crime rate throughout the entire Country!" Trump claimed on Twitter.
The building of the Wall on the Southern Border will bring down the crime rate throughout the entire Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 13, 2019
About 800,000 federal workers missed their first paychecks on Friday in the closures that have shuttered about a quarter of U.S. government operations.
The dispute centers on Trump’s demand for more than $5 billion to build a barrier along the 3,200-kilometer border with Mexico to thwart illegal immigration.
“I’m in the White House, waiting,” Trump said. “The Democrats are everywhere but Washington as people await their pay. They are having fun and not even talking!”
Trump walked out of a White House meeting last week with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, when they refused to approve a border wall, even if he reopened the government and negotiated over border security for the next 30 days. Democrats have offered $1.3 billion in new border security funding, but none specifically for a wall.
https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-broken-border...41002.html
- A migrant climbs the border fence before jumping into the U.S. in San Diego, California, from Tijuana, Mexico.
WASHINGTON —
U.S. President Donald Trump contended Sunday that the damage from the country's "badly broken border" with Mexico is "far greater" than the effects of the longest-ever partial government shutdown, now in its 23rd day.
"The building of the Wall on the Southern Border will bring down the crime rate throughout the entire Country!" Trump claimed on Twitter.
The building of the Wall on the Southern Border will bring down the crime rate throughout the entire Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 13, 2019
About 800,000 federal workers missed their first paychecks on Friday in the closures that have shuttered about a quarter of U.S. government operations.
The dispute centers on Trump’s demand for more than $5 billion to build a barrier along the 3,200-kilometer border with Mexico to thwart illegal immigration.
“I’m in the White House, waiting,” Trump said. “The Democrats are everywhere but Washington as people await their pay. They are having fun and not even talking!”
Trump walked out of a White House meeting last week with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, when they refused to approve a border wall, even if he reopened the government and negotiated over border security for the next 30 days. Democrats have offered $1.3 billion in new border security funding, but none specifically for a wall.
https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-broken-border...41002.html
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