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Donald Trump announces 5% tariff on Mexican imports in bid to curb illegal immigration; move could compromise major USMCA trade deal
• 6 years agoIn a surprise announcement that could compromise a major trade deal, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is slapping a 5 percent tariff on all Mexican imports, effective 10 June
Federal judge blocks Donald Trump’s efforts to redirect funds meant for military, border security to build US-Mexico border wall
• 6 years agoA federal judge blocked on Friday President Donald Trump from building sections of his long-sought border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency.
'Our country is full': Donald Trump travels to Mexican border to deliver message to would-be illegal immigrants
• 6 years agoWhile sounding tough, Donald Trump's surprise shift to tariffs from the previous threat to close the border is a major retreat.
Donald Trump’s immigration policies have caused chaos, may be encouraging illegal influx along US-Mexico border, say experts
• 6 years agoOverwhelmed by an influx of migrants at the border that is taxing the immigration system, President Donald Trump is grasping for something — anything — to stem the tide.
Pentagon authorises $1 bn for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall, asks army to begin planning roads, fences
• 6 years agoFrustrated by Congress's refusal to provide the budget he sought to build a border wall, Donald Trump declared a national emergency last month in order to bypass lawmakers to unlock $8 billion in funding.
US Senate set to pass bill ending Donald Trump's border emergency; president expected to veto move
• 6 years agoThe US Senate was poised on Thursday to pass a proposal to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the southern border, defying his threat to veto the measure and heavy lobbying of his fellow Republicans.
Donald Trump’s budget plan boosts military, border wall; ignores federal deficit, national debt
• 6 years agoPresident Donald Trump called for spending more money on the military and a US-Mexico border wall, while overhauling social safety-net programs in a budget plan
Donald Trump declares national emergency to circumvent Congress for border wall funding; House of Representatives launches probe
• 6 years agoUS president Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the US-Mexico border without congressional approval, an action Democrats vowed to challenge as a violation of the US Constitution.
US border officials' suggestions to secure Mexico boundary don't focus on Donald Trump's wall, claim lawmakers
• 6 years agoUS Customs and Border Protection officials on Wednesday described a multi-pronged strategy for tightening the southern border with Mexico that did not focus mainly on a massive wall President Donald Trump demands, according to lawmakers who attended a classified briefing.
Democrats ignore Donald Trump's 'wasting time' warning, offer border security plan with no money for Mexico wall
• 6 years agoThe high-stakes talks between Donald Trump and the Democrats are taking place against the backdrop of another possible shutdown in mid-February — an outcome that Trump's GOP allies in the Senate are especially eager to avoid.