[Yosemitest]

Here's a link to 50 U.S. Code Chapter 34, the NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ACT,
and here's the link to SUBCHAPTER III - EXERCISE OF EMERGENCY POWERS AND AUTHORITIES (§ 1631).

So that's where Trump gets to power to declare this SITUATION, WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS CROSSING THE BORDER, a NATIONAL EMERGENCY .

[tomkat]

OUTSTANDING !

[dynoman]

April Ryan asked that question. She got way more than she asked for.

[proust]

I remember when freepers were arguing against Trump in the primaries due to his past experiences with eminent domain. Somehow that disqualified him from being worthy of the conservative vote.

How do you like him now?

[BeauBo]

“We have already purchased a lot of it. You know, a lot of the money that we’ve been given has already been spent on purchasing the land, the right of way.”

“So we are very, very far along on that.”

This has been going on since the Secure Fence Act of 2006. A great deal of the work was done then, and several cases stewed in court for 5-10 years appealing things.

But the bottom line is that the processes are in place, and very well tested, to take what is needed to maintain schedule. They will settle on the price later, if a landowner is a holdout who refuses to settle up front.

[eartick]

Yes finally a president with the cajones to IMPLEMENT the laws that are on the books.

I am very hopeful of completion of our southern border security. Without it we are doomed as a nation and if this is not a national emergency, nothing is.