Trump set to unveil Mexico border wall plans in security push
Washington
PRESIDENT Donald Trump was set to unveil actions on national security starting on Wednesday that are expected to include steps toward building a wall on the Mexican border and limiting refugee inflows to the United States, moving to fulfil key promises he made during his election campaign.
"Big day planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!" the American president wrote on Tuesday night in a message on his personal Twitter feed.
The announcement on the border wall was expected during a Wednesday afternoon visit by the president to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the federal agency that has primary jurisdiction over securing the border and would carry out most of the other immigration-related steps that Mr Trump talked about in his r…
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