Trump Begins Construction Of The Wall

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The new president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed a decree on Wednesday to start "immediately" the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, one of his main campaign promises.

The president-signed order also increases federal efforts to deport undocumented immigrants and threatens the transfer of federal funds to so-called sanctuary cities that protect the undocumented.

"We are going to save lives on both of those on the border," Trump said in remarks offered at the headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington DC "We are going to get the bad guys out … we need to get them out quickly," he added.

As for the complicated relations with the neighboring country, he assured that they will not be affected. "We can improve the relationship with [Mexico] with secure borders," he stressed. "Our relationship with Mexico will improve."

The measure signed today ends the practice of granting provisional freedom to undocumented immigrants captured at the border while they wait for the hearing to be held to determine their deportation.

In addition, Trump revealed that a special office will be created to serve people who have been victims of a crime caused by illegal immigrants.

In an interview with the ABC network also on Wednesday, the president reiterated that Mexico will be the one to pay for the wall, although "it may be in a complicated way," and assured that the planning of the work will be launched "immediately."

In any case, despite the president's intentions, the project cannot proceed without the concession of funds from Congress to finance the work, the cost of which is calculated in indications of President Barack Obama. "If you could build infrastructure with a pen, Obama would have repaired all of America's roads and bridges."

Unless a week of his tenure as the nation's 45th President comes to an end, the leader has signed decrees that have caused great controversy, such as the reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy flame and the restriction on employees of the Agency of the Environmental Protection from sharing press releases, articles on your online site and social media posts.

The deletion of the Spanish portal of the White House has also drawn attention.