Border crisis worsens, Trump requests emergency funds

[chuck_curtis]

The Trump administration Wednesday requested an additional $4.5 billion in emergency border spending from Congress, a request that will likely face pushback from Democratic lawmakers.

“The situation becomes more dire each day. The migration flow and the resulting humanitarian crisis is rapidly overwhelming the ability of the Federal Government to respond,” Russ Vought, the acting White House budget director, said in the request, according to The Washington Post.

The White House request includes $3.3 billion for humanitarian assistance, $1.1 billion for border operations, and another $377 million for the National Guard and Pentagon to operate on the border. The appeal comes after acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan told Congress on Tuesday his department needed more money to deal with the influx of illegal migrants pouring across the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Given the scale of what we are facing, we will exhaust our resources before the end of this fiscal year,” McAleenan said Tuesday before a congressional committee.
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https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/01/trump-congress-billions-border-fund/?utm_medium=push&utm_source=daily_caller&utm_campaign=push

[Truman62]

FAKE News.  There's NO stinkin Border Crisis!  Just a figment of Trump's dotard imagination!

[chuck_curtis]

You're getting reality confused with your Trump conspiring with Putin fantasies.