EMERGENCIES ACTThe National Emergencies Act allows the president to declare a national emergency, providing a specific reason for it. That then allows the mobilisation of hundreds of dormant emergency powers under other laws. LANDOWNERS PUSHBACKIn the case of the wall, Trump can expect legal pushback from private landowners along the border opposed to a wall on their land. If Trump declares a national emergency, he could deploy more manpower to the border. Then the Republican-controlled Senate would have to decide whether they agree with the president's invocation of emergency powers to build a wall for which they haven't given him money.

Source: Daily Nation February 05, 2019 05:37 UTC