Posted on 09/07/2018 7:48:01 PM PDT by raiderboy
President Donald Trump said Friday that he's considering using military resources to finish construction of his long-promised border wall instead of relying on Congress to fund the project through the Homeland Security Department's budget.
He also wouldn't eliminate the possibility of a government shutdown if Democrats continue to confound his efforts to appropriate money for the project on the U.S.-Mexico border.
'We have two options,' he told DailyMail.com aboard Air Force One as he flew from Billings, Montana to Fargo, North Dakota. 'We have military, we have homeland security.'
He was asked specifically about using the Army Corps of Engineers as a taxpayer-funded construction crew.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That is a great idea.
I agree, the southern border is the front of a foreign civilian invasion (as opposed to a military invasion) and the government has a Constitutional obligation to act.
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
US Constitution Article IV Section 4
I have been saying Trump should order the military to our borders order them to shoot anyone crossing illegally. The border crossing would stop immediately. Then we could start work on the wall.
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