Protesters have converged in cities around the US to condemn Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund his planned US-Mexico border wall. Protesters have converged in cities around the US to condemn Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund his planned US-Mexico border wall. Protesters at the White House (Carolyn Kaster/AP)Mr Trump’s declaration on Friday shifts billions of dollars from military construction to the border. Mr Trump’s declaration is facing legal challenges, and critics have argued he undercut his own rationale for the emergency declaration by saying he “didn’t need to do this” but wanted to get the wall built faster than he otherwise could. BREAKING: We’re suing President Trump over today’s blatantly illegal declaration of a national emergency.

Source: Irish Independent February 18, 2019 21:56 UTC