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riversedge

(69,721 posts)
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 08:45 AM Jan 2017

Why Trump cant simply build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border with an executive order

I think it will be started--or Re-started-to be built fairly soon (portions of it-not all). There will be lots of photo ops, pomp, etc. Trump will take credit for it and his fans will be happy.





Why Trump can’t simply build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border with an executive order


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/why-trump-cant-simply-build-a-wall-along-the-us-mexico-border-with-an-executive-order/2017/01/25/6b49de32-e319-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.7f6cdc761576




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U.S. Border Patrol agents guard the U.S.-Mexico border in November. (Sandy Huffaker/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)



By Jerry Markon and Lisa Rein January 25 at 8:19 PM





President Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border cannot be built with only the executive order he signed Wednesday and its construction will require congressional approval, border experts and former federal officials said.

While Trump can start the wall by shifting around existing federal funds, he will need Congress to appropriate the $20 billion — and perhaps significantly more — required to complete the massive structure, the experts and former officials said.

“How is he going to fund it? You need money!” Rand Beers, a former acting Department of Homeland Security secretary in the Obama administration, said Wednesday. “He’s got to have the money. And you can’t reprogram all that money without congressional authorization.”

Trump’s order, signed during a visit Wednesday to the Department of Homeland Security, mandates that DHS Secretary John F. Kelly “immediately plan, design, and construct a physical wall along the southern border.’’.....................................................

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Why Trump cant simply build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border with an executive order (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2017 OP
But, but Mr. Ayn Ryan said the House will fund it LeftInTX Jan 2017 #1
K&R! stonecutter357 Jan 2017 #2
Agreed jehop61 Jan 2017 #3

jehop61

(1,735 posts)
3. Agreed
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 09:28 AM
Jan 2017

Also, federal construction contracts need to be vetted and follow many rules and regulations. I that will take months and months of negotiations. Many Trumpites will be very disappointed

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