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Added on the 07/11/2016 09:44:29 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
Donald Trump tells the Republican National Convention he will "end the illegal immigration crisis" by closing the border and finishing the wall. SOUNDBITE
Republican lawmakers pass an immigration package that would restart stalled construction of Donald Trump's southern border wall as the United States braces for a sudden increase in migrant crossings from Mexico. The Secure the Border Act of 2023, which advanced from the Republican-led House of Representatives on a roughly party-line 219-213 vote, would reintroduce several signature Trump-era measures, from completing the wall to bolstering asylum restrictions. IMAGES
Former top Trump strategist Steve Bannon exits Manhattan Federal Court after he was arrested and charged along with three others for defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in a Mexico border wall fundraising campaign. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump announces that he will declare a national emergency in order to build a barrier on the US-Mexico border without funding from Congress. SOUNDBITE
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump boldly declared last summer that he would “build a great wall” along the border between the U.S. and Mexico, and that “nobody builds walls better than [him].” Months later, Trump continues to stand by these claims and insists that Mexico will pay for the wall’s construction.