Sentences with phrase «promised border wall»

He has even expressed his desire to implement a 20 % import tax on all products coming in from Mexico to finance his promised border wall.

The Trump administration is considering drastically slashing several national security agency budgets to fund the president's long - promised border wall, according to a leaked budget draft.

Trump said that Mexico will pay «through reimbursement / other» for his promised border wall, relaying the message amid tweets touting the federal government's response to Harvey's destruction.

Trump again insisted on funding for his promised border wall, making clear the high hurdle faced by a bipartisan pair of senators who are backing an immigration plan that leaves out wall funding and other of his demands.

It had been widely believed that the Trump administration might be willing to let funding for President Trump's promised border wall slide this year, but now there's some speculation that Trump may not sign a budget that doesn't provide funding for the wall.

One of the biggest concrete makers in the world, Cemex also happens to be based in Mexico, which makes it an obvious choice to build Trump's promised border wall.

Trump wants Congress to shell out $ 1.5 billion for his promised border wall with Mexico in the current fiscal year — enough for pilot projects to determine the best way to build it — and a further $ 2.6 billion in fiscal 2018.

Eight prototypes of President Donald Trump's long - promised border wall stand in San Diego, California, at the Otay Mesa port of entry.

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.

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.

Trump made numerous anti-immigration promises during his campaign, ranging from building a massive wall across the U.S.'s southwestern border to ending federal funding for «sanctuary cities» that are friendly to undocumented immigrants.

Trump campaigned on a promise to crack down on illegal immigration, vowing to build a wall along the Mexican border.

during their lunch period, echoing Trump's promise to build a wall on the Mexican border to prevent illegal immigration.

Undocumented tech workers don't believe building a border wall is realistic, but they do fully expect Trump to follow through on many of his other, less publicized anti-immigration promises.

Some speakers have made reference to Trump's repeated promise to build a border wall and get Mexico to pay for it, while others have referenced his call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. and his tendency to resort to name - calling tactics with rivals.

Constructing a wall on the U.S. - Mexico border was one of Trump's campaign promises, along with the claims that Mexico would pay for it and that the structure would be up to 65 feet tall.

In the case of Mexico, Trump has simultaneously gone after trade and immigration, promising to not only build a wall at the southern border of the U.S. but also to scrap and renegotiate NAFTA, the agreement governing trade between the countries.

Trump has promised to build a wall on the U.S. - Mexican border and deport massive numbers of illegal immigrants.

It has become fashionable to invoke Xi as a foil for Donald Trump, contrasting his promises that China will «keep its door wide open» and «say no to protectionism» with the U.S. president's defiant vows to close borders, build walls, re-write trade agreements and put «America First.»

Trump has said he might have to build a fence, rather than a wall, in some areas of the U.S. - Mexican border to stop illegal immigration, tweaking one of his signature campaign promises.

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Some campaign surrogates have seemed to back away from the promise to build a wall along the Southern border.

Trump's central campaign promise, as you know, is to build a «big, beautiful, powerful wall» along the U.S. - Mexico border, which analysts at investment firm Bernstein estimate could cost anywhere between $ 15 billion and $ 25 billion, requiring 7 million cubic metres of concrete and 2.4 million tonnes of cement, among other materials.

On the campaign trail, Donald J. Trump has promised to do quite a few things that are beyond the powers of an American president, like billing Mexico for a border wall.

Trump came into office promising to build a wall along the border.

The initial Mexican offer of aid for Texas may have raised hopes of a thaw between the Mexican government and the Trump administration, which have been battling over Trump's promise to make Mexico pay for his proposed border wall.

Trump complained that there wasn't enough money included in the deal for his promised wall along the U.S. - Mexico border.

Mr. Trump's promises about Mexico — deporting millions back to the country, building a border wall, rewriting or tearing up NAFTA — are far greater cause for anxiety in Mexico City than Ottawa.

The now - president repeatedly promised not only to build a wall along the southern border...

This surreal boasting can be seen in Trump's promise that «I will build a great, great wall on our southern border.

Mr Trump criticised the pope during his 2016 presidential campaign after Francis said that anyone who wants to build a wall - as Mr Trump had promised to do along the southern border with Mexico - was «not Christian».

The new administration has made lots of promises to tighten our borders and take a harsher stance on immigration — like deporting millions of undocumented workers, building a wall along the southern border, terminating executive amnesty and tripling the number of immigration enforcement agents.

President Trump has seen criticism from those who say he underdelivered on promises to start building the US - Mexico border wall, his fake news claims are dangerous to the media and his careless use of Twitter.

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said the budget will also include funds to build the president's long - promised wall along the Mexican border.

President Trump visits California today where he will appear at the U.S - Mexico border to promote the prototypes of the border wall he has promised to build in his fight against illegal immigration.

«During his incendiary campaign, Donald Trump promised to build a wall on our border, to ban immigrants from our nation and to appoint an extremely conservative justice to the Supreme Court,» she said.

White House officials stood behind President Trump's threat to hold the federal government hostage if he doesn't get funds for his long - promised wall along the Mexican border.

Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey - caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $ 1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president's border wall.

It appears the president's tweet was motivated by an internal House Republican fight over transgender troops that was threatening to blow up a spending bill stacked with Trump campaign promises — including money to build his border wall with Mexico.

Alcivar said Stefanik has condemned some of Trump's most egregious missteps, including his attack on the family of a Muslim soldier who died in Iraq, his proposed ban on Muslims entering the country, his promise to build a wall along the Mexican border and, most recently, his videotaped bragging about making unwanted sexual advances on women.

Reports arose last night that Trump would sign off today on unilateral actions that would begin enacting several of his signature campaign promises: construction of a wall along the Mexican border, limiting immigration from Muslim nations and penalizing municipalities that shield the undocumented.

The other executive action seeks to make good on another of Trump's promises: to construct a wall (or at least some kind of barrier) along the Mexican border.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told Democratic lawmakers America will never construct a physical wall along the entire stretch of the U.S. - Mexico border and that some of Trump's campaign promises on immigration were «uninformed.»

Trump's promise to use existing funds to begin immediate construction of a wall on the U.S. - Mexico border has hit a financial roadblock, according to a document seen by Reuters, with the DHS identifying only $ 20 million that can be re-directed to the multi-billion-dollar project.

President Trump will ask Congress for $ 1.5 billion this year to begin work on the wall he promised to build at the U.S. - Mexico border.

Trump has stood firm on his promise to build a border wall and end chain migration.

The president's list of demands included overhauling the country's green - card system, a crackdown on unaccompanied minors entering the country, and building his promised wall along the southern border.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told Democratic lawmakers Wednesday that the United States will never construct a physical wall along the entire stretch of the U.S. - Mexico border and that some of President Donald Trump's campaign promises on...

Trump on Wednesday began moving toward fulfilling his campaign promises to erect a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border and restrict people from Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S.

Trump, though, had one response yesterday, as he announced an executive order that fulfills his campaign promise to build a border wall: «Beginning today, the United States of America gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders.»