Pentagon authorises $1 bln for Trump's border wall

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Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan has authorised $1 billion to build part of the wall sought by Donald Trump along the US-Mexico border, the first funds designated for the project under the president's emergency declaration.

Frustrated by Congress's refusal to provide the budget he wanted, Trump declared a national emergency last month.

The move drew condemnation from both the president's rival Democrats and fellow Republicans, who warned it was an abuse of presidential powers and created a dangerous precedent. Although there has been a surge in arrival of families and children at the border, overall apprehensions at the frontier are down substantially from a decade or more ago.There have also been reported misgivings within the military, including from America's top marine who last week warned that deployments to the US-Mexico border pose an"unacceptable risk" to the force, according to documents obtained by The Los Angeles Times.

 

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