President Donald Trump plans to declare a national emergency after Congress passed a government spending deal that provides further funding for border security, the White House announced Thursday. Democratic Party Nancy Pelosi considers such action as illegal and it is need to stop.
A Trump administration official confirmed Thursday night that the president will announce around $8 billion for a border wall under executive actions, part of which will be the emergency declaration.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that if Trump declares a national emergency, Democrats could consider legal action to stop him.
"That's an option, and we'll review our options," Pelosi said. "But it's important to note that when the president declares this emergency, first of all, it's not an emergency. What's happening at the border, it's a humanitarian challenge to us. The president has tried to sell a bill of goods. But putting that aside, just in terms of the president making an end run around Congress, here he said let us respect what the committee will do, then walks away from it.