Democrats join efforts to curb the national emergency declared by Donald Trump
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- Published: Thursday, 21 February 2019 08:36
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Washington, Feb 21.- Determined to block the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump, more than 90 Democratic lawmakers today support a draft resolution that will lead to the House of Representatives of the United States Congress.
The president of the Caucus of the Hispanics in the Capitol, the representative Joaquín Castro, democrat of Texas, became the leader who tries to unite the efforts to stop the order signed last Friday by the republican agent chief executive.
The emergency, a desperate measure by Trump to get the funds he demands for the construction of the controversial wall on the southern border, on the border with Mexico, provoked a political storm in Washington and the immediate reaction of the blue formation.
According to local media reports, the draft resolution could be introduced on February 22, just seven days after Trump's announcement from the White House Rose Garden.
Since the Democrats have a majority in the Lower House, it is almost certain that the initiative will pass without problems in that instance.
The proposal joins other attempts that seek to stop what from different political circles and sectors catalog an abuse of presidential power.
On that string are the lawsuit filed by the California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, and to which 16 states of the country adhered in total, as well as the claim of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
During an interview on the ABC's This Week, Becerra warned that the president would not be immune from this trance.
In this sense, he affirmed that there are "eight billion forms -from the budget that Trump now wants to join- in which we can prove the damage".
"He is interested in looking for a very good lawyer," said Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the highest ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, recalling that both Congress and the courts will go against Trump.
With the controversial order, the ruler could relocate those billions of dollars previously allocated to other purposes for the issue of the wall, without the need for the Legislative endorsement.
A poll released yesterday showed that 59 percent of US voters reject the national emergency declaration.
Last week the president announced his decision after Congress approved a new border security agreement that finances the Department of Homeland Security, but is not up to his request of $ 5.7 billion in funds for the barriers border. (RHC)
