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The legal aspects remain unclear. Private citizens are allowed to raise money for the federal government, but they cannot specifically direct the government how to spend those funds.
A citizen can make a general donation to the U.S. government that is placed into a Gifts to the United Sate fund and be used for general use, according to the Treasury Department. Approval from Congress would be needed before the GoFundMe cash could be directed to the Department of Homeland Security.
Kolfage said his group is working with a law firm on several possible options to ensure sure the funds go toward the wall. Republican Mississippi Rep. Steve Palazzo, for example, introduced legislation that would allow for private funding of the border wall. The Border Bonds for America Act of 2018 would let citizens purchase revenue bonds to finance the walls construction.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/12/22/can-the-13-million-gofundme-for-trumps-border-wall-actually-work-705606
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Conversely, Congress would also have to approve of the "ladders" proposed by transgender woman Charlotte Clymer.
None of this was mentioned in Mr. Moran's article.