It’s a deal!! Border security deal reached in an attempt bid to beat government shutdown.

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Even when he is on the wrong side of the matter US President is a man that is known to  fight for what seems fit for him and his white Americans. He has since his Presidential campaigns pushed for the erection of a wall along the border with Mexico saying Mexico would meet the costs.

And to his words, Congressional negotiators reached a tentative deal on border security that would give President Donald Trump far less money than he’d demanded for new barriers and would avert another government shutdown.

Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby said lawmakers agreed on all seven spending bills needed to keep government agencies open, including the Department of Homeland Security that oversees border protection.

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The plan includes $1.375 billion for 55 new miles (89 kilometers) of border fencing in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley area, according to congressional aides who spoke on condition of anonymity. The amount is less than the $5.7 billion sought by Trump.

In addition, two aides said Democrats dropped their demand for a cap on detention beds for immigrants detained within the U.S., but the overall cap on beds, including those detained at the border, would drop to 40,520 from 49,057.

The agreement was announced about a half hour before Trump took the stage in the border city of El Paso, Texas, at a political rally where he said he heard there was a deal, but told his audience, “Just so you know, we’re building the wall anyway.”

“We’re setting the stage, we’re setting the table, we’re doing whatever we have to do,” Trump said.
Earlier, his campaign said in a fundraising pitch that the rally was designed “to show Democrats how much Americans demand The WALL.”
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The deal still faces White House approval.

The Democrats and Trump have been clashing for weeks over funding a barrier on the border.

The gridlock prompted the longest government shutdown in US history — lasting over a month — that ended January 25 when Trump signed into law a deal giving lawmakers three weeks to come up with an agreement, or face further paralysis.

The deal would allow a number of departments to continue operating, including Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Justice, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development. Also funded would be independent agencies like the Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency.

If the agreement is enacted, it could set a more positive tone for the newly divided Congress that took office during the shutdown in January.

Republicans have described the new barrier funded by the bill as a “wall,” while Democrats prefer the term “fence.” The semantic distinction could allow both sides to claim victory, with Republicans arguing they met Trump’s campaign promise of a southern border wall, and Democrats saying there is no money for a wall.

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