Border Wall

Jake Tapper notes that El Paso's Republican Mayor Dee Margo also condemned Trump for the wrongful claims.

Although the photo price seems high, it's actually relatively reasonable compared to another Trump campaign fundraising event last September where the president charged $70,000 per couple for a photo opportunity.

Trump's push for a massive wall is dominating Washington. But over the last two years, the administration has already erected a virtual wall to block people seeking refuge.

President Donald Trump is set to hold a rally Monday in El Paso, Texas, as the possibility of another shutdown over immigration looms.

The singer makes another political statement at an awards show, having done so for the past two years.

"Whether or not [Trump] gets $1.6 billion from Congress, whether or not he gets $2.5 billion or $5.7 billion, he's going to do whatever he legally can to secure that border," Trump's acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said.

Despite Trump's comments, El Paso has not been considered one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. and violent crime actually increased after a border fence was built.

The Department of Homeland Security said Border Patrol in the San Diego sector has seen a 69 percent increase in apprehensions this fiscal year to date.

"Heaven has a wall, a gate and a strict immigration policy," the mailer said. "Hell has open borders. Let that sink in."

"Some people have used code words, some have come at it obliquely. He just full on, in the most racist terms, completely divorced from the truth or facts or reality or our experience here in El Paso, uses this to incite fear and paranoia and turn that to political gain," O'Rourke told the Washington Post.

"I love President Trump. And he's doing a great job. Absolutely. But I must say it's still up to the American people," the CBP agent told BlazeTV host Eric Bolling.

Vice President Mike Pence said the government shutdown was not a mistake because it showed Trump standing up for what he believed in.

"Such caravans are the result of Congress's inexcusable failure to fully fund a needed physical barrier," DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of threatening Congress in his State of the Union address.

Here's a live fact-check of the president's second State of the Union address.

A West Virginia EMS director was suspended after posting a picture touting Trump's border wall that showed several decapitated dark-skinned men's heads behind a smiling white man.

The president's threat to build a "human wall" follows Sunday's announcement that nearly 4,000 additional U.S. troops would be deployed to the southern border.

"Am I supposed to be quiet because I can't write what I want, or I can only write what they want or makes them happy? No."

Andrew Napolitano did, however, say that declaring a national emergency would help Trump gain political points with his base.

"The public is solidly against the expansion of the border walls and remains sympathetic toward immigrants in the country illegally," said polling expert Jim Norman.

"We will be looking at a national emergency, because I don't think anything is going to happen," said President Trump.

Coulter also called Trump "lazy and incompetent."

The DEA noted in October 2018 that most heroin is brought into the country at legal ports of entry.

"Walls are placed strategically, along with what the speaker talked about, better technology at ports of entry, more border control agents, more detention beds, drones," said Senator John Kennedy.

However, experts say the funding estimates are wildly off.

"It's probably easier to do if you leave it up to the [bipartisan committee] and let us do it," said GOP Senator Richard Shelby, a member of the congressional committee that's tasked with hashing out a border security deal.

The president has been promising a border wall for years, and now he is getting firm on the nomenclature.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to declare a national emergency in order to obtain funding for his wall.

"I was very disappointed in Paul because the wall was so desperately needed. And I'll get the wall," the president said.

Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo said both sides could work out a compromise before the Feb. 15 deadline.