Política

Trump declarará emergencia nacional para financiar muro en frontera con México

‘Senado aprueba proyecto de presupuesto que solo contiene $1.375 millones para barrera; presidente exige $5.700 millones

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 18, 2019 workers reinforce a section of the US-Mexico border fence, as seen from eastern Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico. - President Donald Trump was set February 14, 2019 to declare a "national emergency" to help fund hundreds of miles of wall on the southern border to prevent migrants from crossing into the United States illegally from Mexico. The White House said Trump would also sign a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown, but which only provides $1.375 billion for border barriers or fencing -- far from the $5.7 billion Trump wants.Trump has for months teased the idea of declaring a national emergency, which would free up federal money from elsewhere, citing what the administration calls a "crisis" at the border. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 18, 2019 workers reinforce a section of the US-Mexico border fence, as seen from eastern Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico. - President Donald Trump was set February 14, 2019 to declare a "national emergency" to help fund hundreds of miles of wall on the southern border to prevent migrants from crossing into the United States illegally from Mexico. The White House said Trump would also sign a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown, but which only provides $1.375 billion for border barriers or fencing -- far from the $5.7 billion Trump wants.Trump has for months teased the idea of declaring a national emergency, which would free up federal money from elsewhere, citing what the administration calls a "crisis" at the border. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) GUILLERMO ARIAS
Trabajadores reforzaban una sección de una barrera en la frontera de Estados Unidos con México, entre Tijuana y San Diego, en enero del 2019. AFP Trabajadores reforzaban una sección de una barrera en la frontera de Estados Unidos con México, entre Tijuana y San Diego, en enero del 2019. (GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP)

Washington. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, optó este jueves por una opción contundente para financiar el muro que prometió levantar en la frontera con México: decretar próximamente la “emergencia nacional”, una medida excepcional que amenaza con provocar una feroz batalla política y judicial.

Después de largas horas de suspenso, el mandatario republicano prometió promulgar un acuerdo presupuestario, negociado por parlamentarios republicanos y demócratas esta semana, para evitar un cierre parcial de la administración federal o shutdown.

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