McConnell encourages Dems to do something about border security wall

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UPDATED 10:30 AM PT – Sat. Dec 22, 2018

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urges his colleagues across the aisle to address the president’s request for border security funding as lawmakers seek to end the shutdown.

 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, walks back to his office as they work to pass a bill that would pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Dept. of Homeland Security to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico as cases are processed

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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UPDATED 1:33 PM PT — Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018

The Trump administration is taking historic action to confront the wave of migrants at the border.

On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced that Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. will be sent to Mexico while their cases are being processed.

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DHS: President Trump’s request of $5B is enough to fund 215 miles of border wall

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UPDATED 8:08 AM PT — Fri. Nov. 30, 2018

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is unveiling a plan to extend portions of the border wall. In a statement Thursday, the DHS said it would build roughly 215 miles of border wall next year if Congress approves the president’s request for five billion dollars in funding.

DHS officials stressed the wall will help crack down on the influx of drugs and illegal immigrants into the U.S. and protect border patrol personnel.

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Senate Majority Leader McConnell details agenda for rest of year

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, speaks to media after a meeting in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. With McConnell are from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, right. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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