WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has confirmed he will use emergency powers to build a wall on the US border with Mexico, saying “walls work”.
Building the wall was a key pledge of Trump’s campaign, but Democrats have described the emergency as a “gross abuse of power”.
He is due to sign the plan along with a spending bill aimed at preventing a repeat of a recent government shutdown.
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He announced the plan after Congress refused to pay for a wall in the bill.
However, senior Democrats said immediately that they would challenge the move in the courts. The declaration will give Trump access to billions of dollars for his project. – Agencies
