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President Trump issued the first veto of his presidency in March, rejecting Congress' vote against his emergency declaration for border wall funding.

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Judge Blocks Trump Use Of Emergency Power To Build Border Barrier With Military Funds

10:14pm May 24, 2019

Judge Haywood Gilliam in Northern California granted a preliminary injunction against moving $1 billion in Defense Department funds intended for anti-drug activities.

President Trump says if he doesn't get a border wall, he will declare a national emergency to build it.

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Trump Says He's Likely To Declare National Emergency If Congress Won't Fund Wall

4:47pm January 10, 2019

by Brian Naylor

The president traveled to a Border Patrol station in Texas, as the partial shutdown enters its 20th day. The trip comes a day after the president walked out on a meeting with Democrats.

The border fence separating Nogales, Ariz. from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. In 2012 a Mexican teenager was shot and killed by a border patrol agent shooting through the fence. Last week, the agent was found not-guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

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A Not-Guilty Verdict Absolves Border Patrol Of Cross-Border Killing

1:47pm November 25, 2018

by Ana Adlerstein

A Border Patrol agent was found not-guilty of involuntary manslaughter, raising questions about when and where use of excessive force is allowed in defending the U.S. border with Mexico.