President Donald Trump doubled down on his claims that there is an immigration “emergency” at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, during a visit to the border in Calexico, California. “This is an absolute emergency,” Trump said, speaking at a U.S. border patrol station in Calexico, where he participated in a roundtable discussion on immigration and border security. Earlier on Friday, California governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced that a coalition of 20 states was suing to challenge Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund a wall on the southern border. The day before, leaders of the House of Representatives also voted to authorize a lawsuit against Trump over his emergency declaration to fund his border wall. Trump declared a national emergency in mid-February, aiming to divert billions of dollars from the Defense Department and other earmarked government funds to construct a border wall.

Source: Huffington Post April 05, 2019 21:33 UTC