Trump said the national emergency in the United States to build the wall with Mexico: "We are invaded by criminals"

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said this Friday state of national emergency on the border with Mexico to pay the wall of separation between the two countries after having considered insufficient the amount of 1 500 million dollars approved by the Congress of this country.

"I will sign an emergency declarationas other presidents have done before me for less important things. This is something very important, "he said at a press conference at the White House, accompanied by the so-called" mothers of angels ", mothers of deceased at the hands of undocumented immigrants.

The US president badured that his country "is invaded by criminals"It's a drug invasion, an invasion of criminal gangs, an invasion of people, and it's unacceptable," he said.

After advancing this would announce the extraordinary measurement, which allows to raise funds without going through the CongressTrump was quick to receive criticism from many members of Congress, even among the Republican ranks.

For Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, "declaring the national emergency an act without legal basis, a serious abuse of power on the part of the presidency and a desperate attempt to divert attention from the fact that the president has not kept his fundamental promise Mexico would pay for the wall"

After finally announcing the measure, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she would appeal the national emergency declaration to the courts.

"Declare the national emergency without legitimate cause will create a constitutional crisisJames said and added: "We will not tolerate this abuse power and we will fight it with all the legal measures at our disposal ".

A law pbaded in 1976, the National Emergencies Act, authorizes the President of the United States to declare a "national emergency" the granting of extraordinary powers. By using this text, Trump could fund the wall without Congressional approval and use the army to build it.

All the last US Presidents have taken advantage of this power, albeit under different circumstances. George W. Bush did it after the September 11, 2011 attacks and Barack Obama used this law during the 2009 H1N1 flu outbreak.