Even at Farm Bill Signing, For Trump It's All About the Wall
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a five-year farm bill that sets policies and reauthorizes farm, conservation, nutrition, rural development, agricultural trade and other programs. But at the signing ceremony, it was all about the ongoing fight over the border wall and an ensuing government shutdown.
Trump called securing the U.S.-Mexico border an “absolute duty,” saying “any measure that funds the government has to include border security — has to.”
“We have no choice,” he said at the farm bill signing event.
He wants $5 billion this year for the barrier project. Democrats are opposed, making a partial government shutdown more likely as the holidays approach.
Using the rhetoric of his 2016 campaign, he contended that illegal immigration inevitably brings “chaos, crime” and “cartels” into the United States. As he often does, the president did not provide any supporting data.
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