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This is a developing story and will be updated. WASHINGTON — Reaction from Texas over President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national…
Updated at 2:12 p.m.: Revised to include additional comments from Texas lawmakers and residents.
WASHINGTON — Reaction from Texas over President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency over border wall funding was swift Friday. Democrats and border activists said they would seek ways to stop it.
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, has been vocal against Trump’s decision to declare an emergency. Castro took to Twitter on Friday to question why the president would need to take some vacation time after his declaration.
In an interview on CNN Thursday after it was hinted that Trump would make the declaration, Castro said he would be working to file a joint resolution to terminate Trump’s declaration.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, tweeted on Friday she is working with Castro on legislation.
El Paso reaction
Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, said in a statement released on Friday the president’s decision hurts military readiness and would take away more than $275 million from Fort Bliss in her district. She went on to say Trump’s decision “promotes an erroneous narrative that portrays all border communities as a problem.”
Texas state Rep. Cesar Blanco, D-El Paso, chairman of the Texas Border Caucus, said in a statement the president’s declaration is “dangerous and radical.”
“This declaration is a dangerous step into dark territory for a president that acts on his worst political impulses,” Blanco said. “He has trampled on the rule of law and disregarded accepted facts, even from military generals, the FBI and the U.

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