Jan 6, 2017 ... President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has signaled to congressional  Republican leaders that his preference is to fund the border wall ... pay for the  construction of the wall along the border, though in October, Trump suggested for  the first time that Mexico would reimburse the US for the cost of the ...
Apr 23, 2017 ... The Secure Fence Act of 2006, which was passed by a Republican Congress  and signed by President George W. Bush, authorized about 700 miles of fencing  along certain stretches of land between the border of the United States and  Mexico. The act also authorized the use of more vehicle barriers, ...
Jan 25, 2017 ... President Trump's proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border cannot be built  with only the executive order he signed Wednesday and its construction will  require congressional approval, border experts and former federal officials said.  While Trump can start the wall by shifting around existing federal funds ...
May 16, 2011 ... Fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border has long been a thorny political issue, so  with Obama declaring mission accomplished, we decided to check it out. ... You  need to go back to the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which was passed by a  Republican Congress and signed by President George W. Bush.
Aug 27, 2016 ... In April 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, still in the heat of  his primary campaign, stated once again that he would build a massive concrete  border wall towering 30 (or, depending on the moment, 55) feet high along the  2,000 mile US-Mexican border. He would, he insisted, force ...
Congress only funded half the wall between Mexico and the United States.