White House Presses Border Wall as Shutdown Looms

The White House on Sunday pressed its demand for construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border to thwart illegal immigration, even if it forces a partial government shutdown later this week. Stephen Miller, a key immigration adviser to President Donald Trump, told CBS News, "We will do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of immigration." Asked if that included having a shutdown of about 25 percent of the U.S. government when...

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