GOP Rep. Justin Amash says the President ‘is violating our constitutional system’ by unlocking border wall funds with a national emergency declaration.
Washington A Republican congressman who opposes President Donald Trump's emergency border wall declaration said Sunday he believes Trump"is violating our constitutional system" with the declaration.
The comments from Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, who serves on the House Oversight Committee, came as he discussed the declaration, which Trump made last month to unlock additional funding to construct his proposed wall along the southern border."I think the President is violating our constitutional system. And I don't think Congress can grant legislative powers to the President by statute," Amash told CNN's Jake Tapper on"State of the Union.
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