department of defense construction book to the border wall construction. president president trump declared a national emergency which would take federal department money and move it to the wall. this money will fund approximately 175 miles of border wall on the us-mexico border. the acting director of u.s. citizenship and seemed happy about it tweeting the marine battle cry just a few hours ago about the news come at this new comes as the defense secretary met with president trump today in the oval office. there are reportedly 127 military construction projects that will be affected though there is not a complete list ou as of tonight. senate minority leader chuck schumer says he found out one o the projects affected is west point military academy in his home state of new york. schumer, in the statement wrote it is a slap in the face to members of the armed forces who served our country that president trump is willing to cannibalize already allocated