President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he had informed Congress he was rescinding the national emergency declaration on the U.S.-Mexico border that was put in place by former President Donald Trump in February 2019 to redirect billions of dollars for construction of a wall along the southern border… Under the emergency declaration signed in February 2019, Trump was able to divert $600 million from the Treasury Department and $6.1 billion from the Defense Department to the Department of Homeland Security for border wall construction. Trump continued the proclamation in February 2020, which allowed him to divert an additional $3.8 billion…
Biden rescinds national emergency at U.S. southern border that allowed Trump to fund border wall Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY
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