According to President Trump, the GOP is united in the face of Democrat obstruction as the country continues to reel from the government shutdown.
On Twitter Wednesday, the president said there’s “great unity in the Republican Party.” He added, he wants to “once and for all, put
President Trump is threatening to use his executive power to declare the border crisis a national emergency if Congress fails to come to an agreement on funding.
Prior to his departure for Texas, the president insisted a strong border is needed, adding, a wall or steel barrier is essential to border security in order to stop people from entering the country illegally.
The president went on to say he would rather work with Congress in order to secure funding for the wall, however, he is
President Trump is set to give his first ever prime time address from the Oval Office amid the partial government shutdown.
On Twitter Monday, the president confirmed he will outline — what he calls — the “humanitarian and national security crisis” on the southern border, during a speech Tuesday night.
FILE – In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump makes a statement on the possible government shutdown before signing criminal just reform legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
President Trump tells congressional Democrats he is ready to make a deal and end the government shutdown.
FILE – In this Oct. 29, 2018, file photo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, right, speaks as Commander of United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command Gen. Terrence John O’Shaughnessy, left, listens during a news conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Trump is calling on Democrats to fund the border wall. He made the remarks in a tweet Friday morning, adding, the U.S. will be forced to close the southern border entirely if obstructionist Democrats don’t comply. He also blasted the current immigration laws by saying we need to change them.
In another tweet, the president said the U.S. will be cutting off aid to Honduras, Guatemala as well as El Salvador, which he said has done nothing but take money from the U.S.
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is accusing Democrats of caring more about keeping our borders open than our government. During an interview Friday, Sanders criticized Democrats for refusing to budge on the issue of immigration and said they have completely left the negotiation table.
The press secretary said the president has bent over backwards trying to make a deal on border security to put a stop to the human and drug trafficking that’s happening at the southern border.
President Trump is continuing to urge Democrats to end the partisan charade and fund a border wall.
On Twitter Thursday, the president asked, “have Democrats finally realized that we desperately need border security and a wall on the southern border?”
He added, the U.S. needs to “stop drugs, human trafficking, gang members and criminals from coming into our country.”
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The White House has filed an appeal to a federal judge’s ruling, which blocks the president’s new asylum policy. According to court documents filed Wednesday, the Trump administration told the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals it plans to appeal the December ruling.
The U.S. district judge initially stopped the asylum order, saying it violated current immigration laws.
The order prevented people from claiming asylum based on domestic or gang violence when they report to immigration
President Trump continues his push for a southern border wall amid the ongoing government shutdown over border security funding.
In a tweet Sunday, the President said the only way to stop drugs, gangs, human trafficking, criminal elements and more from coming into the country is with a wall or barrier.