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White House studying options to shut down southern border

The White House on Tuesday said it has begun studying options to close down different parts of the U.S. southern border, but expressed hope the drastic move could be avoided.

“Eventually, it may be that it’s the best decision that we close the border,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters, while adding that “this isn’t our first choice.”

Sanders said President Trump “is not working on a specific timeline” to decide whether to close down the border with Mexico. Trump last Friday put a deadline on his longstanding threat to shutter the border, saying he would make the move “next week” if Mexico does not stop illegal crossings into the U.S.

View the complete April 2 article by Jordan Fabian on The Hill website here.

Most Americans think Trump emergency declaration will be struck down in court: poll

Most voters believe that President Trump‘s recent declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border is likely to be struck down in court, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll.

Fifty-nine percent of registered voters in the poll said they believed Trump’s action was an inappropriate use of emergency powers and it is likely to be struck down. Meanwhile, 41 percent said they think the designation was appropriate and is likely to prevail in court.

At least five different lawsuits have been filed against the emergency proclamation, including one from California and more than a dozen Democratic-led states. The government of El Paso County, Texas, has also sued to block it as well.

Last week, Trump acknowledged that his emergency declaration would likely face challenges in court but expressed optimism that it would ultimately be upheld at the Supreme Court, comparing it to the legal course for his administration’s travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries.

View the complete February 21 post on The Hill website here.