Many say Trump can't build wall. Maybe he won't. But starting 1/20/17, he'll have legal authority to go forward… https://t.co/Ov2L6Hygzq
— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 8, 2016
...As in other areas of immigration enforcement, Trump will be able to effect radical change simply by following the law. In this case, it is the Secure Fence Act, passed in 2006 with bipartisan support — 283 votes in the House and 80 in the Senate, including then-Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
The law ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security, within 18 months of passage, to "take all actions the secretary determines necessary and appropriate to achieve and maintain operational control over the entire international land and maritime borders of the United States."...
