Trump Administration Diverts $3.8 Billion In Pentagon Funding To Border Wall
In a notice sent to Congress Thursday, the Pentagon said it is shifting billions from fighter jets and other weapons to help pay for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
Updated at 6:54 p.m. ET
The Trump administration has notified Congress that it plans to divert $3.8 billion from the Defense Department's budget to build the border wall.
This is in addition to more than $11 billion that's already been identified to construct more than 500 miles of new barriers along the southern U.S. border with Mexico. That includes money that Congress has appropriated and funding that was previously diverted from military construction and counternarcotic operations.
The latest funding diversion takes $1.5 billion
