Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he won’t support President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, increasing the likelihood that Congress will approve a resolution that seeks to block Trump’s move. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina in publicly announcing their opposition to Trump’s emergency declaration. Trump announced his declaration last month after failing to convince Congress to give him more than $5 billion to build his promised border wall. Up to a dozen Republican senators have expressed reservations in private about the emergency declaration. “It is unnecessary and unwise to turn a border crisis into a constitutional crisis.”The fate of Trump’s emergency declaration likely lies in the courts.

Source: Huffington Post March 03, 2019 18:45 UTC