President Donald Trump on Tuesday dropped his longstanding demand for Congress to set aside $5 billion for the border wall in a must-pass spending bill, clearing a major hurdle for lawmakers to pass a stopgap measure before the deadline at midnight Friday.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday dropped his longstanding demand for Congress to set aside $5 billion for the border wall in a must-pass spending bill, clearing a major hurdle for lawmakers to pass a stopgap measure before the deadline at midnight Friday.
At a rare appearance in front of reporters, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump wants to avoid a government shutdown and will seek « other ways » to get funding for a wall along the southwest border.
« At the end of the day we don’t want to shut down the government, we want to shut down the border from illegal immigration, » Sanders said, according to The Hill .
Sanders added that the White House has asked cabinet departments to identify unspent funds that can be used to build the border wall.
