'The re-programming announced today is contrary to Congress’s constitutional authority, and I believe that it requires Congress to take action,' Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, says in a statement.
taken last year to help the Trump administration build sections of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
New construction of 177 miles of new border wall will occur near San Diego and El Centro, California; Yuma and Tucson, Arizona; and El Paso and Del Rio, Texas.Salesses told reporters that under existing authorities, DoD would"reprogram" or shift $3.8 billion in funding allocated by Congress for use in fiscal year 2020 into the counter-narcotics account known as section 284.
Construction crews work to erect a levee wall system in a remote area south of Weslaco, Texas in the U.S. Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector, Jan. 13, 2019.Documents provided to Congress on Thursday indicate the funds will come from purchases of aircraft and replacement equipment for the National Guard and Reserves
While no decisions have been made about additional funds being used from other military construction projects, Salesses confirmed that there are ongoing discussions about the possibility. Thornberry added,"The wall should be funded, but the funding must come through the Department of Homeland Security rather than diverting critical military resources that are needed and in law."The first panel of three Tucson projects installed near Lukeville, Ariz.Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee called the wall a"vanity" project.
He said he didn't anticipate that there would be another DHS request for funding this year -- and some lawmakers are questioning the administration's push for more funds."The Trump Administration claims that every military decision they make is in support of the National Defense Strategy ... But their policy simply does not match their rhetoric," House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., said in a statement.
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