Democrats challenge Trump’s state of emergency move over wall
Democrats hit back at US president’s state of emergency declaration over the building of border wall with Mexico.
26 Feb 2019
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Democrats hit back at US president’s state of emergency declaration over the building of border wall with Mexico.
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