Here's Where the Money for Trump's Border Wall Will Come From

Amanda Macias of CNBC wrote:President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to gain access to roughly $8 billion to fund a border wall.

Before Trump's announcement in the Rose Garden, a senior administration official explained that the money will be pulled from the following areas:

• $1.375 billion from the Homeland Security appropriations bill
  
• $600 million from the Treasury Department's drug forfeiture fund
  
• $2.5 billion from the Department of Defense's drug interdiction program
  
• $3.6 billion from the Department of Defense's military construction account

The $1.375 billion, which is part of a spending bill passed by Congress, is short of the $5.7 billion that Trump had asked for late last year but didn't get. A fight over the barrier money led to a record-long partial government shutdown that was resolved after 35 days. What's more, the $1.375 billion would specifically not allow construction of new wall prototypes proposed by Trump, and would instead put money toward 55 miles of bollard fencing.

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