Bustos: Border Wall Not A National Emergency; But Trade Is

Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos says trade, not immigration, is the emergency that President Trump needs to take on. Bustos on Thursday told MSNBC that the president shouldn’t be declaring a national emergency to build a border wall. She says the deal to give the president a billion dollars for a border wall is a compromise that both Republicans and Democrats agreed to.

Bustos holds a leadership position in the new Democratic Congress,