Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States
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Trump's February 15, 2019 proclamation declared a national emergency at the southern border and invoked military-construction authority for Defense Department support. CRS identifies Executive Order 13767 as the policy direction for immediate wall construction and attributes the later effort to obtain funding beyond congressional DHS appropriations to the Trump administration.
Declaration and sections 1–2Trump border-barrier program drew on DHS appropriations, redirected defense funds and a Treasury transfer · Historical funding authority, transfers and construction outputs; no combined spending total