(Mexico/US Border – The Hill) «Democrats made the trip as lawmakers race against the clock to finish negotiations over border security funding ahead of a Feb. 15 deadline to avert another partial government shutdown.
Lawmakers are also seeking to bolster their argument that President Trump would not be justified in declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, something he has floated doing if lawmakers don’t come up with money to fund a border wall.
«Despite the President’s demagoguery over immigration, there is not a national emergency or a security crisis at the border that demands a wall,» Hoyer said in a statement Thursday in advance of the trip to the border.
Lawmakers were haggling this week over figures well below Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion in funding for a wall on the Mexican border. Trump acknowledged those negotiations in a tweet Saturday afternoon while asserting that «Democrats just don’t seem to want Border Security.»
«If you believe news reports, they are not offering much for the Wall. They look to be making this a campaign issue. The Wall will get built one way or the other!» he wrote.»
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