Trump tweets misleading photos suggesting border wall under way
Images show fence replacement work undertaken before Congress refused to fully fund wall’s construction
Tom McCarthy in New York @TeeMcSee
Thu 29 Mar 2018 11.04 AEDT Last modified on Sat 31 Mar 2018 04.03 AEDT
Trump tweeted photos showing a barrier fence being replaced. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
Donald Trump has tweeted pictures of cranes replacing barrier fence along the Mexican border, suggesting his proposed 2,000-mile “wall” was under way.
But the pictures in fact show local work on only a two-mile stretch of barrier undertaken last month – before Congress refused to fully fund Trump’s wall in a budget deal he signed recently.
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"US Judge who President Trump repeatedly attacked as 'Mexican' and 'biased' during 2016 election says he inclined to asserts right to rule on border wall U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel said during 2½ hours of arguments Friday in San Diego that he was leaning towards presiding over the case Curiel asked the administration and wall opponents to file additional briefings by the end of Tuesday The state of California and advocacy groups want Judge Curiel to rule that a border wall with Mexico must go through normal environmental reviews Trump repeatedly criticized Curiel in 2016 as lawsuits against Trump University neared trial Trump suggested that the judge's Mexican heritage meant he could not be impartial At issue is a 2005 law that gave the Homeland Security secretary broad powers to waive dozens of laws requiring environmental and other reviews http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5375009/Judge-inclined-assert-right-rule-border-wall.html
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