President Trump Will Declare A Border Emergency

Daily Mail: White House says Trump will sign spending bill to avoid shutdown but will declare border emergency TOO – as Pelosi warns GOP a future Democratic president could use the same tactic to impose gun control

* President's approval is required to avoid another government shutdown
* Trump said he was 'not happy' with the compromise
* The White House said Thursday Trump 'will sign the government funding bill'
* But at the same time he will declare a national emergency to build the wall
* The move would almost certainly draw a legal challenge from activists
* Pelosi didn't rule out legal action to block the move
* She warned Republicans of the precedent it could set for the future
* Rep. James C. Clyburn of South Carolina said he's 'sure' it will pass the House
* Deal must be signed into law by midnight Friday to avoid another shutdown
* Senate adopted the measure by a vote of 83-16
* House was set to vote Thursday evening on $328 billion package

President Donald Trump will sign a bipartisan spending deal – but will declare a 'national emergency' in an effort to procure funds to build a border wall, the White House said Thursday.

The move drew both statements of relief from lawmakers who wanted to avoid another government shutdown – and a threat from Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the emergency declaration.

Pelosi called it an 'end-run around the will of the people,' speaking to reporters minutes after news of Trump's position broke, while warning it could come back to bite Republicans.

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WNU Editor: If President Trump does declare a border emergency, Democrats will be forced to explain why they believe there is no emergency on the border. Considering the regular massive human caravans from Central America travelling to the U.S. border, coupled with polls indicating that most Latin Americans want to migrate to the U.S. ..... Gallop Poll: 42 Million Latin Americans Say They Want To Move To The U.S. (February 11, 2019), this is going to be a hard case for the Democrats to make, even with a compliant news media. My prediction .... there will be legal challenges to this declaration. But Presidents have issued emergencies before .... Here's a list of the 31 national emergencies that have been in effect for years (ABC News), and I am sure that President Trump will win eventually win in the Supreme Court on this act. As to the threat from House Speaker Pelosi that a future Democrat President may use the same tactic to impose gun control .... I say good luck to that. Over 70% of Americans own a firearm, and they will not act kindly to politicians and political parties who want to take away something that many Americans believe is their constitutional right to have. If this is the position that the Democrats will push in 2020, they will lose the House, Senate seats, and any hope of the Presidency.