Construction workers build a U.S.-Mexico border wall in New Mexico, U.S., in August 2019.
On Thursday, Feb. 11, President Joe Biden reversed the previous administration’s policy again, reversing the executive order that former President Donald Trump (R-Texas) declared in 2019 that put the U.S.-Mexico border under a state of emergency and required the construction of a border wall.
In a letter sent Thursday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Biden said, “I have determined that declaring a national emergency at our southern border is unnecessary,” Newsmax reported.
Biden added, “It is my administration’s policy to stop diverting American taxpayer dollars to build a border wall. I have asked Congress to carefully review all resources appropriated and diverted for this purpose.”
Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency on Feb. 15, 2019, making good on a promise he made when he ran for president was about building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. At the Time, Trump said he would use about $8 billion to build the border wall. Some of the funds have been approved by Congress, while the rest came from his executive order, including funds called in through the national emergency.
White House Press Secretary Leonardo Psaki said Wednesday (Feb. 10) that immigrants coming to the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum will still be turned away because of the (Chinese Communist virus) outbreak.
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