President Trump has called for congressional leaders to return to the White House on Friday, top Republicans said shortly after a hotly anticipated, contentious closed-door meeting on border security in the Situation Room concluded Wednesday afternoon. Instead, McCarthy said, Democrats wanted to push their proposed spending bill without funding for the president's proposed border wall. HOW SANCTUARY STATE LAW PROTECTED ALLEGED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT COP-KILLER FROM DEPORTATIONTrump said the U.S.-Mexico border has been “like a sieve,” and vowed to “make a plea” for his border wall. Pelosi said Tuesday that Democrats would take action to "end the Trump Shutdown" by passing legislation to reopen the government Thursday, when the new Congress is seated. The problem is, without a Wall there can be no real Border Security."

Source: Fox News January 02, 2019 20:51 UTC