Trump signs executive order for border wall construction

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Key Points

• On Wednesday, President Donald Trump moved forward on his campaign promises by taking executive action on immigration and border security.
• Trump signed an executive order green lighting the constructing of a border wall between the United States and Mexico, agreeing to fund the project with United States taxpayers’ money.
• The executive order also aims to reduce federal funding to “sanctuary cities,” which protect undocumented immigrants by loosely enforcing federal immigration policy.
• It is also intended to end the “catch and release” policy for undocumented immigrants and increase deportations.
• Immigration advocates say the order is “extreme” and has contributed to a “great fear” being spread across immigrant communities in the U.S., according to Marielena Hincapie of the National Immigration Law Center.
  

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