White House requests $3.7 billion in emergency funds for border crisis
Washington Post
Daniel’s journey: How thousands of children are creating a crisis in America
CNN
Shocking Photos Of Humanitarian Crisis On U.S. Border Emerge
Huffington Post
“$3.7 billion [requested] to cope with the humanitarian crisis on the border and the spike in illegal crossings by unaccompanied minors from Central America.”
ABC News
Caveat: Those media quotes are from 2014 when President Obama was requesting emergency funds to deal with the border crisis.
My go-to question for Democratic politicians would be “How do you respond to the president’s statement that we have a humanitarian crisis at the border?” And when they’re done with their predictably withering response, I’d say, “No, I was referring to President Obama’s statement.”
President Obama, thank you for your great support – I have been saying this all along! pic.twitter.com/L506g9Aq4z
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2019