A new wave of protests is to hit the United States for Presidents Day against Donald Trump’s decision to declare national emergency to get the money for his border wall.
People from across the US, including the states of New York, California and Texas, are set to voice opposition to President Trump’s national emergency declaration.
“Donald Trump has declared a #FakeNationalEmergency—an illegal power grab from an unhinged man to push his racist, dangerous policies,” MoveOn.org said on its website. “We are mobilizing nonviolent rapid-response events to stand up against Trump’s #FakeNationalEmergency to defend our democracy and immigrant, Muslim, black, and brown communities from Trump’s dangerous national emergency power grab.”
In order to gain nearly $8 billion for his signature campaign promise, Trump declared a national emergency at the border on Friday.
The president’s declaration could face a series of legal…