Fifty-eight former U.S. national security officials told the Trump administration in a letter Monday that they are aware of "no emergency that remotely justifies" diverting funds to build a border wall. The officials, who served in both Democratic and Republican administrations, include former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who served in the Clinton administration, and former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, a Republican who served in the Senate and the Obama administration. The letter, according to its authors, is a declaration intended to be used in lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump's Feb. 15 decision to redirect $8 billion in federal funds in order to begin construction of a barrier along the southern border. Trump had promised during his campaign to build the border wall but Congress has offered less than $2 billion in federal funds after months of negotiations. The officials fact check Trump's basis for declaring the national emergency, pointing out that illegal border crossings are near 40-year lows, there isn't any documented terror threat, human and drug trafficking will not be affected by a border wall, and there is no violent crime threat posed by immigrants. Personally, I see the allocation of military funds ( an already inflated budget) to secure our boarders seems fantastic. It will obviously have a major effect on drug trafficking in the south west United States, and Trump has used the National Emergency to do more than just build his wall.... He also has signed off on the immediate creation of the space force, to be a branch of the airforce like the marines are a branch of the Navy. Big moves by the Trump Administration with the most recent display of Federal power. (at Washington, District of Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuWsN6VB7jp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p8g2ibyy9wht
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