President Donald Trump urged Congress in a televised speech on Jan. 8 to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico but stopped short of declaring a national emergency to pay for the barrier with military funds.
Reuters: In Oval Office speech, Trump demands a wall but does not declare emergency
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (out of frame) in the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on Nov. 30, 2018.
