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US emergency powers fight is beginning

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: UNITED STATES
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: United States NA Mexico China

Topical: politics emergency government judicial legislation opposition party construction immigration infrastructure military security
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2019), "US emergency powers fight is beginning", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB241965

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Significance

Trump declared the emergency to access funding to build his campaign-pledged US-Mexico border security barrier.

Impacts

Trump’s base will welcome his continuing commitment to building the US-Mexico border wall.
Democrats might need to offer Trump more wall-building money to avoid the risk that the courts side with him.
Greater use of emergencies would destabilise policymaking; private firms would face higher risks supplying the government.
Trump wants to work with Democrats on major immigration reform; success is possible but pre-2020, time and goodwill are limited.

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