I cannot remember all the facts...
However as HoneyBunny said...
Trump signed 3x items Friday...
A guest host was on Mark Levin Friday evening... the first 30 minute segment had a pretty good explanation of what Trump did...
And yes, IMO he played the DIMS pretty good!
Long story short... the wall IS being built... and lots of funding is ALREADY IN PLACE!
Follow up...
Here you go... found a summary of the stuff I heard Friday evening on the radio:
Trump Didn't Sign One Executive Action (The NED), He Signed Three. They Are To Be Executed IN ORDER, Thereby Not Allowing The Court Challenge To Delay Wall Construction.
A fact sheet issued by the White House identifies three distinct statutory bases for making available the additional $6.5 billion. The fact sheet specifies that “these funding sources will be used sequentially and as needed.”
First, according to the fact sheet, $601 million would come from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, an account that is fed by money seized by the U.S. government in connection with law enforcement actions or generated by the sale of seized assets. No national emergency declaration is needed to tap these funds. 31 U.S.C. § 9705(g)(4)(B) authorizes the Forfeiture Fund to use the funds for specific purposes outlined in that section.
Second, the fact sheet indicates that $2.5 billion would come from funds authorized pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 284, which likewise does not depend on a declaration of emergency. This statute authorizes the secretary of defense to “provide support for the counter-drug activities or activities to counter transnational organized crime of any other department or agency of the Federal Government or of any State, local, tribal, or foreign law enforcement agency” for the purposes set forth in the section if requested by another federal agency or state, local or tribal government in support of law enforcement efforts. Those purposes include, among other things, “construction of roads and fences and installation of lighting to block drug smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States”
Third, $3.6 billion would be drawn from the Department of Defense military construction budget. 10 U.S.C. § 2808(a). This is the only portion of the funds that requires the declaration of a national emergency.
Additionally, the new spending bill allocated $1.3b for construction, although it dictates exclusions as to where it could be spent, no problem, the first two Executive Actions can fill those gaps.
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So in a nutshell... Trump now has $4.476B to work on his wall... all of which is beyond the reach of the left to obstruct and/or block...
And another $3.6B more that will work its way through the courts and SCOTUS will approve (as they approved the travel ban... which any student of the Constitution knew all along).
Sounds like a total of $8.076B will be funding some wall construction...
Wonder how much wall we get for roughly $8B~~~
Oh, and most of this phase of the wall construction will go to: repairing the old walls that are not adequate (per recommendations by CBP)... and building out most of the wall in Texas. Why Texas... Texas is NOT under the jurisdiction of the 9th circuit courts.... rather the 5th circuit... the latter is more friendly to Trump and the wall.
Personal opinion: When most of Texas has a nice safe wall... and the news starts to trickle out... that life has actually IMPROVED in Texas, due to the wall... the attitude towards the wall will improve!
Imagine with me: Texas feels the benefits of the wall... yet NM, AZ, and CA do NOT...
Wonder how long it will take for common sense to sink in...