The US Congress has declared the "border of urgency" void for the construction of the wall with Mexico, but Donald Trump has already announced that he will use his right of veto

The US Senate voted Thursday in favor of a resolution against the national emergency decreed by US President Donald Trump to fund the wall on the border with Mexico, two weeks after the lower house l '. did the same.

This result came after More than a dozen Republican senators and all Democrats have decided to vote against Trump 's emergency declaration aimed at diverting funds for the construction of a wall in the southern United States.

US President Donald Trump He responded quickly to the decision of the Senate with a brief "VETO!" posted on Twitter.

He added: "I hope vetoing the recently approved resolution inspired by the Democrats that will open borders while increasing crime, drugs and trafficking in our country. I thank all the strong Republicans who voted in favor of border security and our desperately needed WALL! "

The Republican "votes against"

Four Republican Senators – Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillin and Rand Paul – announced that they would vote with the Democrats, although Tillin eventually withdrew and voted online with most of his colleagues. However, Republican Senators Mike Lee, Mitt Romney, Alexander Lamar, Marco Rubio, Jerry Morgan, Rob Portman, Roger Wicker and Roy Blunt, who had not anticipated their vote, also voted with the Democrats to show their disagreement with Trump's decree.

The resolution against the national emergency has been presented to the lower house by the president of the Hispanic Congress Caucus (HRC), Joaquín Castro, with the aim of censuring that Trump has neglected the legislative authority of members of Congress , who had not approved the fund for the wall that the president wishes.

The initiative was approved in February on a vote in the House of Representatives, by the Democratic majority, by 245 votes for and 182 against.

After having been approved by both houses, Trump has the power to veto it and send it back to Congress so that the support of two-thirds of the House of Representatives and the Senate would be needed to put an end to the President's initiative, something unlikely to happen.

Whatever the case may be, the fact that Congress, with a Republican majority in the Senate, shows its dispute with Trump is a blow to the sovereign's authority. "I am ready to veto him, if necessary," Trump said today, questioned about it in the White House.

A little while before, The president said that the southern border with Mexico "is a humanitarian and national security nightmare", although he believes that "it can be easily repaired".

On February 15, Trump signed a national emergency declaration, an extraordinary measure that gives presidents temporary access to a special power to deal with a crisis.

Trump justified his emergency declaration with a supposed "invasion" of drugs and criminals on the border with Mexico.

With this decree, Trump intends to collect $ 6.6 billion from various items already approved by Congress, which would add to the additional $ 1.375 granted by the legislature for the construction of the border fence.