Border fight threatens shutdown as Trump virtual wall grows 16 SHARES Share it! Meantime, the possibility of a government shutdown loomed as Trump and Democrats once again butted heads over funding to build a wall along the border with Mexico. Even without it, though, the policies he’s pursued have effectively put up a virtual wall. “That is far more effective than a border wall ever would be,” said Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst with the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. More than any other shifts in policy, the Trump administration’s move to separate apprehended migrant children from their parents shook people around the world.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 21, 2018 15:45 UTC