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Salvadoran migrants wait for transportation after turning themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas — where a border fence is under construction. The Pentagon says it will spend up to $1 billion to help build the fence.

Pentagon Takes $1 Billion From Military Personnel Account To Build Border Fence

By: Bill Chappell I NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The money nearly doubles the $1.3 billion Congress authorized for border wall funding — a move made possible after President Trump declared a national emergency.

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President Trump said Thursday he would "probably have to veto" the resolution blocking his emergency declaration to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Congress Blocks Trump’s National Emergency Declaration To Build The Wall

By: Susan Davis | NPR
Posted on: Thursday, March 14, 2019

The resolution sets up the likely first veto confrontation between Congress and the White House since President Trump took office.

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