He urged Congress to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the border with Mexico. Facing Democratic opposition in Congress to a wall, Trump said there is a growing security crisis at the US-Mexico border and all Americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal immigration. He also blamed Democrats for not funding the border wall amid shutdown. He said he hoped they could rise above the partisan politics and work for border security. While Trump paints a picture of an "unprecedented crisis" of illegal immigration at the US-Mexican border, illegal crossings there have dropped dramatically in recent years.

Source: dna January 09, 2019 02:13 UTC