Biden backs out on campaign promise, announces expansion of US-Mexico border wall : Peoples Dispatch
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The US president will waive 26 federal laws to facilitate the construction of 20 additional miles of the border wall, angering environmental, immigration, and Indigenous rights activists
    • MishMash@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      There were funds appropriated for a portion of the wall in 2019 by Trump with the requirement that construction is completed by the end of 2023. Biden asked congress to reappropriate the funds, as he does not have the power to do so, and congress refused. His hands are mostly tied here from what I understand.

      • Hyggyldy@sffa.communityEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Sounds like bs to me. He had to waive laws to do this. And if he didn’t do this what would happen? Would he get in trouble with the super president?