Doing it with a statutory appropriation would have also been a lot easier legally because it’s a lot harder to challenge a statutuory appropriation than an executive spending allocation. If he does it on his own there will be another injunction and another case going to SCOTUS.
The Wall is different than the 25 Billion Dollars in Border Security. The complete Wall will be built with the Shutdown money plus funds already in hand. The reporting has been inaccurate on the point. The problem is, without the Wall, much of the rest of Dollars are wasted!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2018