Donald Trump called illegal immigration and drug trafficking “a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul” as he made his case for billions of dollars for a southern border wall directly to the American people last night.
He used his first live primetime address from the Oval Office to warn of a “growing humanitarian and security crisis” on the frontier with Mexico, but refrained from calling a state of emergency to bypass Congress and requisition funding as he threatened last week.
Building a wall along the 2,000-mile border was a signature pledge of Mr Trump’s campaign in 2016 and he is demanding $5.7 billion to start construction under pressure from his core supporters.
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