President Trump extends national emergency declaration at U.S.-Mexico border
Posted: Jan 18, 2021 / 11:27 AM GMT-0600 / Updated: Jan 18, 2021 / 11:30 AM GMT-0600
US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after touring a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas on January 12, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (BorderReport) — President Donald Trump extended a proclamation declaring an emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border for another year.
On Friday, he said he would continue the national emergency designation until Feb. 15, 2022.
He initially put one in place through Proclamation 9844 on Feb. 15, 2019 “to deal with the border security and humanitarian crisis” there.