Sentences with phrase «issue of the border wall»

Throughout the call he returns to the issue of the border wall, pressuring Peña Nieto to publicly acquiesce to some sort of payment even as he admits that Mexico will not, in the end, fund his campaign promise.

Not exact matches

One area in which Petersen breaks with Trump very specifically is the issue of «the wall,» which the president has long promised to build along the entire US - Mexico border to stem the tide of undocumented immigrants and drugs entering the country.

Between the wall on the U.S. - Mexico border and the status of the undocumented young people who were brought to the country as children (known as Dreamers), immigration has been a major policy issue for the Trump administration.

In recent weeks, for instance, on another issue germane to his appeal to his base — immigration — the White House was unwilling to irritate the base and worked to scuttle a bipartisan Senate compromise that would have shielded hundreds of thousands of people who had been brought to the US illegally as kids in return for border wall funding.

Issued Jan. 25, Presidential Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, states that «the [Department of Homeland Security] Secretary shall take steps to immediately plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border, using appropriate materials and technology to most effectively achieve complete operational control of the southern border.&Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, states that «the [Department of Homeland Security] Secretary shall take steps to immediately plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border, using appropriate materials and technology to most effectively achieve complete operational control of the southern border.&border, using appropriate materials and technology to most effectively achieve complete operational control of the southern border.&border.»

Her views on the issue are diametrically opposed to those of Mr. Trump, who in his campaign kick - off argued that drug dealers and rapists were entering the United States from Mexico and has called for the United States to build a wall at the southern border and force Mexico to pay for its construction.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Mark Morgan, the head of Border Patrol, is departing, news that comes less than 24 hours after Trump issued executive orders calling for the construction of a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border and a broad crackdown on illegal immigrBorder Protection said Mark Morgan, the head of Border Patrol, is departing, news that comes less than 24 hours after Trump issued executive orders calling for the construction of a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border and a broad crackdown on illegal immigrBorder Patrol, is departing, news that comes less than 24 hours after Trump issued executive orders calling for the construction of a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border and a broad crackdown on illegal immigrborder and a broad crackdown on illegal immigration.

While the issue of the immigration prevention wall the US is building along the Mexico border and its potentially devastating environmental impact has been featured on TreeHugger before, it's not an issue which seems to be in the forefront of many

While the issue of the immigration prevention wall the US is building along the Mexico border and its potentially devastating environmental impact has been featured on TreeHugger before, it's not an issue which seems to be in the forefront of many people's minds of late.

The appearance is the president's most high profile public speaking moment of the year and Trump was expected to touch on some of the issues of the moment, including funding for a border wall, infrastructure and an immigration deal.

«Hopefully we can find enough people with courage to actually help our citizens remain safe and focus on the real safety issues, not building some stupid wall for billions of dollars that has nothing to do with our safety,» he added, referencing President Donald Trump's proposed southern border wall.