Not so fast.
First, it’s the WAPO ‘giving’ the democrats some sort of ‘win’. WAPO is a thoroughly discredited left-wing rag.
Second, there is chatter that the language of the spending bill allows the President to focus specific efforts within broader categories.
For example, under a general category of border enforcement, the President may designate funds be spent on beefing up physical border structures, in other words, the Wall.
Had the President insisted on a separate category for Wall Construction, the democrats would not have voted for it. So there may be some subtleties that are not very well known. Hope I am right on all this.
i read this opinion earlier- specifically on designated funds for border security...