Thread: Donald Trump Announces State of Emergency at the Border

Donald Trump Announces State of Emergency at the Border


February 15, 2019

Charlie Spiering

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“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our border,” Trump announced in the Rose Garden. “And we are going to do it one way or the other. We have to do it.”
Trump previewed the legal fight to declare the emergency, citing previous presidents using the designation.

“I’m going to be signing a national emergency, and it’s been signed many times before. … there’s rarely been a problem,” he said. “They sign it, and nobody cares.”
He said that the decision was “very simple” and would help stop the crisis at the border.
Trump expressed his frustration with Congress, who refused to address his demand for $5.6 billion in funding for physical barriers.


He said that Democrats and local politicians who said that walls did not work were telling “lies,” again pointing to the physical barriers in El Paso that successfully protect Americans on the other side from traffickers, criminals, and illegal immigrants.

“Nancy knows it. Chuck knows it. It’s a lie. It’s a very big con game,” Trump said. “You don’t have to be very smart to know.”

He also said he is working with Mexican officials to break up “monstrous” caravans coming to the United States” and claimed that he had successfully stopped the previous caravan that tried to cross in Tijuana in 2018.

“If we didn’t have the wall up and secured and strengthened, they would have walked right through,” Trump said. “They would be welcome to the United States.” The state of emergency declaration allows the president to shift existing funds within the government to the border.

Family members who lost loved ones to illegal immigrants committing crimes in the United States attended the event, as well as border patrol officials.

Trump singled out several of them, asking that they show photos of their deceased loved ones to the press gathered at the White House.

The president previewed a lengthy legal battle over the declaration but predicted that ultimately his administration would be successful in the Supreme Court.


“I think that we will be very successful in court. I think it’s clear,” he said, referring to the Supreme Court upholding his travel ban.

He berated Democrats for trying to obstruct funding for the wall, asserting that it was all political.

“The only reason we are up here talking about this is because of the election because they want to try to win an election which it looks like they will not be able to do,” he said.

Trump denied that his declaration would set a dangerous precedent for future presidents, noting that it had been done in the past for less important matters.

White House officials spotted at the announcement included newly sworn-in Attorney General Bill Barr.

“Please stand up, Bill,” Trump said. “Such an easy job he’s got. He has the easiest job in government. Thank you and congratulations.”


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