White House directs Army Corps of Engineers to look at ways to fund border security

Fox News ^ | Jan. 10. 2019 | Gregg Re

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The White House has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to "look at possible ways of funding border security," Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told Fox News on Thursday night, as the ongoing partial federal government shutdown over money for a border wall is less than two days away from becoming the longest in the nation's history.

Separately, Fox News is told the White House directed the Corps to examine the February 2018 emergency supplemental, which included disaster relief for California, Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico, among other states, to see what unspent funds could be diverted to a border wall, according to a congressional aide familiar with the matter.

Such a move still could require the president to declare a national emergency in order to access those funds to build a wall, because they were earmarked for a different purpose. The discussions with the Corps suggest the White House is closely looking at the possibility of declaring such an emergency, as Trump has floated repeatedly in recent days.

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1) Use drug money seized
2) Use defense appropriated money not spent and required to be returned at year end
3) Congress to assess a special tax on remittances and money transfers to Central and Latin America.

[Hulka]

Trump doesn’t need to declare an emergency, just have the Commander in Chief direct the Corps of Engineers to build the wall using already appropriated and budgeted training or operations funds.

No way that action can be challenged or over-turned.