U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. southern border region continues to face threats from border security and humanitarian crises, thus extending the national emergency there for one year.
In a White House notice issued Saturday (Jan. 16), Trump said, “The ongoing border security and humanitarian crisis along the southern border of the United States continues to threaten our national security, including the heightened impact of the outbreak caused by the new coronavirus. The administration has taken steps to address the crisis, but further action is needed to address the humanitarian crisis and control illegal immigration and the flow of drugs and criminals across the U.S. southern border.”
In his notice, Trump said, “For these reasons, the national emergency declared on February 15, 2019, and the corresponding measures taken on that day must remain in effect beyond February 15, 2021. I therefore extend for one year the national emergency at the southern border of the United States declared in 9844 under the provisions of Section 202(d) of the ‘National Emergencies Act’.”
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