A bipartisan group of 58 former national security officials on Monday issued a blistering critique of President Donald Trump’s efforts to build a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying there was “no plausible” justification for declaring a national emergency. The president declared a national emergency earlier this month in an effort to unilaterally build his wall after Congress stonewalled his demand for $5.7 billion to do so. Many have accused him of manufacturing a crisis in the absence of a genuine emergency. A group of 16 states has also filed a federal lawsuit to challenge the emergency declaration, calling it unconstitutional. Read the letter from former national security advisers:

Source: Huffington Post February 25, 2019 20:48 UTC