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The Trump Presidency: Lawmakers reach tentative security funding deal

US President Donald Trump has not said whether he will sign off a deal reached by politicians in Washington to avert another government shutdown. A bipartisan committee has agreed to fund the construction of around 80 kilometres of barrier along the US-Mexican border at a cost of one point three billion dollars. Trump has been seeking five point seven billion for a much more extensive wall. Addressing a rally in El Paso, Texas he said the wall would be built anyway. Our North America Correspondent Jon Brain is in El Paso. #BorderWalli, #Mexico, #USA

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