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Updated Feb. 15, 2019 2:52 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON—President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency over border
security, bypassing Congress in an effort to divert money from elsewhere in the
government to pay for the construction of additional barriers along the southern U.S. border.

Mr. Trump also signed a bipartisan spending bill that will keep the government
funded through the fall and allocates $1.38 billion for 55 miles of border
barriers—far less than the $5.7 billion the president had asked for.
Unsatisfied with the amount set aside by Congress for barriers, Mr. Trump
plans to also draw roughly $6.7 billion from military and other sources,
without the approval of Congress. The move was likely to draw immediate
court challenges.

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