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Aide: Trump may use veto to get wall

A TOP adviser to US President Donald Trump indicated yesterday that Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove of his declaration of a national emergency along the US-Mexico border.

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said yesterday that “the president is going to protect his national emergency declaration.” Asked if that meant Trump was ready to veto, Miller added: “He’s going to protect his national emergency declaration, guaranteed.”

Trump declared the emergency on Friday in an effort to go around Congress to fund his border wall. It would allow him to move federal dollars earmarked for military construction to the border — but is already facing legal and political challenges.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said his state would sue “imminently” to block the order, after the American Civil Liberties Union and the nonprofit watchdog group Public Citizen announced Friday they were taking legal action.

Democrats are planning to introduce a resolution disapproving of the declaration once Congress returns to session and it is likely to pass Congress. Several Republican senators are already indicating they would vote against Trump.




 

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