03-26-2019, 11:21 AM
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Pentagon announces it has reallocated $1 billion to begin building new border fencing
Hoping we can get the rest. The situation at the border is a chaotic nightmare. A billion is a small amount but it's a start and better than nothing.
Pentagon announces it has reallocated $1 billion to begin building new border fencing
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The Pentagon announced late Monday that it would reallocate $1 billion in existing funds to pay for the construction of part of a barrier along the border with Mexico. This construction is "in support of the February 15 national emergency declaration on the southern border of the United States."
How much of the wall will this pay for?
According to a notification the Pentagon sent to Congress, this will pay for 57 miles of "18-foot-high pedestrian fencing."
It "gives the Department of Defense the authority to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block drug-smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotic activities of Federal law enforcement agencies."
Where did the money come from?
Congress had already approved this $1 billion for the Pentagon. In September, Trump signed a $674 billion appropriations bill to fund the Pentagon, including money for the purchase of new ships, fighter jets, and increased troop levels.
After a February spending bill failed to include the money for a border barrier that Trump had demanded, the president declared a national emergency in order to reallocate $6 billion from various existing programs to pay for the wall. Twelve Republicans in the Senate joined with Democrats in an effort to block this national emergency declaration. However, they did not garner enough votes to overturn a presidential veto.
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