Courtney Bourgoin, courtney.bourgoin@sierraclub.org or (248) 214-6682
Washington, DC-- Tonight, Donald Trump will invoke a self-described ‘crisis’ on the U.S. southern border. Trump has yet to stop demanding billions of dollars to fund a border wall, which has resulted in a nearly three-week government shutdown that has left thousands of federal employees, including border patrol officials, without a paycheck and out of work.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
“The only national crisis on the border is the one Trump created himself. His tantrums, racist remarks, and refusal to sign a budget have left thousands of federal employees without pay and our National Parks in peril. Once again, the President will spew lies about innocent people who are legally seeking asylum in the United States. He continues putting the livelihoods of border communities and families across the country at risk to distract from his own failures. It’s time Congress passes a clean budget to reopen the government without a penny for Trump’s wall.”
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