3. The Border Wall and the Budget

April 25, 2017: The Trump White House came dangerously close to shutting down the U.S. government over funding for its proposed wall along the border with Mexico. Here I explain the budget process, what we know of the administration's wall-building plans, and why it's a bad idea. The White House's 2017 budget request is here. Here is a report and a CBP document, released by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri), with the best level of detail we've seen about wall-building plans . Here's a piece I did for WOLA at the end of March called "Throwing Money at the Wall."

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3. The Border Wall and the Budget is an episode from Talking About Latin America by Adam Isacson.

This episode is 31:57 long.

This episode was published on Apr 25, 2017.

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