Barbara Boxer: A broken promise by Trump: he said Mexico will pay for the wall, but now the taxpaye [View all]

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Barbara Boxer ‏@BarbaraBoxer 20m20 minutes ago

A broken promise by Trump: he said Mexico will pay for the wall, but now the taxpayers are stuck with the bill.



http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/donald-trump-build-wall-immigration-executive-orders/index.html



Trump orders construction of border wall, boosts deportation force

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN

Updated 5:11 PM ET, Wed January 25, 2017

Story highlights

In addition to a wall, Trump will beef up border patrol forces and look to increase deportations

The executive orders seek to end sanctuary cities and "catch and release" practices
Border wall construction will begin 'as soon as we can,' Trump said, and US taxpayers will initially pay for it

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Wednesday started to reshape US immigration enforcement policies via executive action, taking his first steps toward fulfilling some of the most contentious pledges that defined his campaign -- building a border wall and speeding the deportation of undocumented immigrants.

Trump signed two executive orders directing the construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border, boosting border patrol forces and increasing the number of immigration enforcement officers who carry out deportations. The orders also call for stripping sanctuary cities of federal grant funding and announced sweeping new criteria that could make many more undocumented immigrants priorities for deportation.

"Beginning today, the United States of America gets back control of its borders," Trump told employees of the Department of Homeland Security at the department's headquarters in Washington........................................