NEW: Trump vetoes latest effort to overturn national emergency to fund border wall
President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed Congress’ latest effort to end the national emergency he declared along the southern border with Mexico in order to fund his border wall.
Trump vetoed a similar resolution in March, and lawmakers have pledged to vote through such measures every six months, as allowed by law. The president, however, has said the situation along the border remains a national emergency that “threatens the well-being of vulnerable populations.” He later went on to praise the construction of the wall itself, claiming the emergency declaration “has also facilitated the military’s ongoing construction of virtually insurmountable physical barriers along hundreds of miles of our southern border.”Trump first declared the national emergency in February, saying his administration planned to divert $3.6 billion in congressionally appropriated funds from the Defense Department to fund construction efforts.
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