Details revealed of financial blueprint for US president’s election campaign promise,which would fund 316 miles of new barriers and bolster existing onesThe Trump administration is seeking nearly $18bn from Congress over the next decade to start extending and reinforcing a border wall with Mexico, the first financial blueprint for the presidents election campaign promise.
Details of the design revealed on Friday would fund 316 miles of new barriers and bolster an additional 407 miles of existing barriers, and adding up to a meaningful expansion of walls and fencing along the southwestern border. Related: The invisible wall: how Trump is slowing immigration without laying a brick Dreamers are young immigrants who would qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (Daca) program,enacted under Barack Obama in 2012. Most people in the program entered the US as children and beget lived in the US for years “undocumented”. Daca gave them temporary protection from deportation and work permits. Daca was only available to people younger than 31 on 15 June 2012, who arrived in the US before turning 16 and lived there continuously since June 2007. Most Dreamers are from Mexico, and El Salvador,Guatemala and Honduras and the largest numbers live in California, Texas, or Florida and New York. Donald Trump cancelled the program in September but has also said repeatedly he wants Congress to develop a program to “help” the population. Related: 'Trump has declared war on California': state defiant as White House takes aim Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com