“We’re going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration,” White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said Sunday. The money would not go for the wall but for fencing upgrades and other border security. He suggested that could take the form of a stopgap bill that extends funding until January, or a longer-term bill that includes money for border security. “There are a lot of things you need to do with border security,” he said. Republicans “should join us in one of these two proposals, which would get more than enough votes passed and avoid a shutdown,” Schumer said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 17, 2018 05:15 UTC