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Trump seeks $1.6 billion for border wall 'bricks and mortar'
Source: CNN
Trump seeks $1.6 billion for border wall 'bricks and mortar'
By Tal Kopan, CNN
Updated 1000 GMT (1800 HKT) May 23, 2017
Washington (CNN) - President Donald Trump's 2018 budget calls for more spending for border security and immigration enforcement -- but the ask is still modest compared to what fulfilling his campaign pledges would likely cost.
The budget proposed by the White House on Tuesday includes $2.6 billion for border security -- $1.6 billion of which will be for "bricks and mortar for a wall," Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told reporters on Monday.
A source familiar with the budget justification says the money would largely cover just a few dozen miles of wall, tracking what the administration had previously proposed for the $1 billion it asked for unsuccessfully for 2017 construction.
As CNN previously reported, that $1 billion was requested for just 62 miles of border barrier, 14 of which was replacement fencing.
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By Tal Kopan, CNN
Updated 1000 GMT (1800 HKT) May 23, 2017
Washington (CNN) - President Donald Trump's 2018 budget calls for more spending for border security and immigration enforcement -- but the ask is still modest compared to what fulfilling his campaign pledges would likely cost.
The budget proposed by the White House on Tuesday includes $2.6 billion for border security -- $1.6 billion of which will be for "bricks and mortar for a wall," Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told reporters on Monday.
A source familiar with the budget justification says the money would largely cover just a few dozen miles of wall, tracking what the administration had previously proposed for the $1 billion it asked for unsuccessfully for 2017 construction.
As CNN previously reported, that $1 billion was requested for just 62 miles of border barrier, 14 of which was replacement fencing.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/23/politics/trump-budget-border-security/
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