“I have determined that declaring a national emergency on our southern border is not justified “, Biden wrote in a letter to Nancy Pelosi, leader of the majority of the house.
“I further announce that it will be my government’s policy that no more dollars will be diverted from US taxpayers to build a border wall and that I ask for a thorough assessment of all resources allocated and diverted for that purpose “added.
Trump had signed the statement in February 2019 claiming that the country was experiencing an “invasion” with the arrival of several caravans of Central American migrants who came to the borders of the United States to seek asylum. He also referred to the relatives of people who, he said, died at the hands of immigrants.
“We have an invasion of drugs, an invasion of gangs, an invasion of people”Trump insisted Feb. 15 from the White House. “We want to have a safe country (…) If we have drugs on the border or human trafficking (…) it is very difficult to make the United States glorious again,” he emphasized, referring to the campaign slogan with which he arrived. to the White House.
With that emergency declaration, Trump was able to divert $ 10 billion from Defense Department bills to use it to build the wall, one of the most expensive federal infrastructure projects in United States history.
Trump insists his statistics prove the emergency, but no one has seen those numbers
Biden’s announcement adds to his government’s final step to halt construction of the wall. Upon his arrival at the White House on January 20, he asked for work on the wall to be stopped. Then he did it to assess the funding sources and the relevance of the work.
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