By AFPMore by this AuthorWASHINGTON,President Donald Trump demanded $5.7 billion to fund a wall on the US-Mexico border in his first televised Oval Office address Tuesday, describing a "growing crisis" of illegal immigration hurting millions of Americans. Every day customs and border patrol agents encounter thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter our country," Trump said. "At the request of Democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall. This barrier is absolutely critical to border security. The border wall would very quickly pay for itself."

Source: Daily Nation January 09, 2019 02:37 UTC