White House, GOP defend Trump emergency declaration

President Trump’s allies in the GOP and one of his top advisers defended on Sunday his decision to declare a national emergency to secure funding for his long-desired border wall, a move that triggered a flurry of lawsuits and bipartisan reservations.

The White House, seeking to quell political and legal questions about the president’s declaration, sent hard-line immigration advocate and senior adviser Stephen Miller to push the administration’s message in a rare Sunday show appearance.

“This is a deep intellectual problem that is plaguing [Washington, D.C.], which is that we’ve had thousands of Americans die year after year after year because of threats crossing our southern border,” Miller said on “Fox News Sunday.”

View the complete February 17 article by Brett Samuels on The Hill website here.