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Biden terminates national emergency proclamation Trump used to fund border wall

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President Joe Biden

President Joe Biden informed Congress on Thursday that he has terminated the national emergency declaration on the U.S.-Mexico border that former President Trump first declared in Feb. 2019.

“I have determined that the declaration of a national emergency at our southern border was unwarranted,” Biden said in an email to Congress. “I have also announced that it shall be the policy of my Administration that no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall, and that I am directing a careful review of all resources appropriated or redirected to that end.”

Trump used the national emergency proclamation to divert $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds toward building a border wall after it became clear that Congress was opposed to additional funding.