Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   On 2025-01-20, Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border and invoked 10 U.S.C. § 12302 reserve authority.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Border emergency used invasion language to mobilize reserve and military authority · Emergency declaration remained a predicate for deployments; each use still faces statutory limits.

2. documented
   Superseded · open corrected record

   On 2025-01-20, Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border and invoked 10 U.S.C. § 12302 reserve authority.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Trump declared the southern border an “invasion” emergency and invoked reserve authority · superseded evidence record