U.S. President Trump orders wall to be built on border with Mexico

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order for a wall to be built along
the southern U.S. border with Mexico,... and he claims he'll make the Mexicans pay for
it.
He also signed an action to strip funds from so-called U.S. 'sanctuary cities' that shield
undocumented immigrants.
Ro Aram has more.
The roughly three-thousand-two-hundred-kilometer wall was one of Trump's key campaign pledges.
After signing the directives at the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, the U.S.
president said construction would start immediately and that the wall would also help America's
neighbor.
[apvideohub, slug: US Trump 2] "The Secretary of Homeland Security, working
with myself and my staff will begin immediate construction of a border wall...This will
also help Mexico by deterring illegal immigration from Central America and by disrupting violent
cartel networks."
President Trump said that Mexico would "100 percent" reimburse the U.S. for the wall.
But, Congress would have to approve funding for the structure, which is estimated to cost
billions of dollars.
Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto are due to meet next week.
Other executive orders signed by President Trump include stripping federal grant money
from so-called "sanctuary" states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants and hiring
ten-thousand immigration officials to help boost border patrol efforts.
His plans prompted an immediate outcry from immigrant advocates and others who said Trump
was jeopardizing the rights and freedoms of millions of people while treating Mexico as
an enemy, not an ally.
The executive orders are among several expected on immigration and national security this
week, including the restriction of refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries
in the Middle East and Africa.
President Trump is also expected to order a review that could lead to bringing back
a CIA program for holding terrorism suspects in secret overseas "black site" prisons, which
former President Barack Obama formally closed.
Interrogation techniques often condemned as torture were used in these black sites...
.... and if brought back could bring some serious backlash from President Trump's peers
both at home and abroad.
Ro Aram, Arirang News.

U.S. President Trump orders wall to be built on border with Mexico

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