The Pentagon plans to divert $3.8B in military funding to pay for the construction of hundreds more miles of the southern border wall, a notice sent to Congress Thursday shows.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents required oxygen canisters while mapping out the drug smuggling tunnel.The move would mark the second year in a row the Trump administration has shifted money from the Pentagon to build additional sections of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.In a statement, Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on readiness, blasted the move.
"President Trump has already raided over $6 billion in critical defense funds to pay for his wall — this new raid worsens the already dangerous problems he’s created for our military and national security. Funding the President’s vanity wall in this manner depletes vital resources that maintain our military’s readiness to respond to any threats at home and abroad."
“To be clear, I continue to believe that the situation on our southern border represents a national security challenge for our country — one that has been exacerbated by partisan politics in Washington," Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said."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.
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