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Border Dispatch: Can Trump make the military build the wall? The answer is maybe.

Episode Summary

As the government shutdown enters its third week, President Donald Trump has changed his strategy for getting funding for the border wall. The administration has been arguing that the crisis at the border is a national emergency and he could use military funding to start construction on the wall. On a number of grounds, advocacy groups opposed to a wall say they would sue almost immediately to stop that approach. ----- Subscribe to our new daily news briefing: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0PvlIjQBrJdiGyIkDgYZwU?si=S1S2Nww3RhaWB_z8ubdi2Q iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-san-diego-union-tribune/id1448514626?mt=2 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/sulp Alexa Skill: https://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#skills/dp/B07MFDDPMM/?ref=skill_dsk_skb_sr_1&qid=1546887131

Episode Notes

As the government shutdown enters its third week, President Donald Trump has changed his strategy for getting funding for the border wall. The administration has been arguing that the crisis at the border is a national emergency and he could use military funding to start construction on the wall.
On a number of grounds, advocacy groups opposed to a wall say they would sue almost immediately to stop that approach.

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