Building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border was Donald Trump's signature campaign promise. He's running out of chances to keep it.
Trump has been president for nearly two years, but we are still waiting to see construction begin on even part of the roughly 1,000 miles of border wall he pledged to voters. Congress, the body responsible for coming up with the money, has repeatedly ignored the president on this issue, made excuses, or outright blocked him from initiating the project. But, for whatever reason, the president continues to believe their promises that they'll “get to it.”
Their record on “getting to it” is weak. The last time Congress “got to it” was in March, approving $1.6 billion toward the wall, far short of the $25 billion that the president requested. Trump assented, calling the $1.6 billion a “down payment” on future action
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