Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on new legislation th...
A section of border fence is pictured by the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley near Hidalgo, Texas, U.S., October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
The legislation would aim to restore $3.8 billion back to the Pentagon’s weapons procurement and National Guard budgets. The Trump administration has vowed to build at least 400 miles of wall along the border by November 2020. In his 2016 election campaign, Trump said Mexico would pay for the wall. The Mexican government has consistently refused to do so.
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