President Biden has rescinded the emergency order used by former President Trump to justify construction of the border wall, the White House announced Thursday.
“I have determined that the declaration of a national emergency at our southern border was unwarranted,” Biden wrote in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
“I have also announced that it shall be the policy of my administration that no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall, and that I am directing a careful review of all resources appropriated or redirected to that end.”
The proclamation is a final step from Biden after issuing an executive order on Day 1 questioning the validity of Trump’s national emergency and ordering a pause on all border wall construction.
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The move leaves Biden caught in the middle between Republicans who want to continue construction and litigants who not only want to stop construction but to tear down the portions of the wall that have already been built.
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Biden terminates Trump emergency order used to construct border wall https://t.co/uYmVq524dG pic.twitter.com/hIK9Sg4aqk
— The Hill (@thehill) February 11, 2021
One good move on President Biden’s part.
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