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US shutdown: Trump to make 'major announcement' on Mexico wall | Jehu's Blog
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFederal workers queue up for free food US President Donald Trump says he will make a “major announcement” later on his Mexican border wall, an issue that has partially shut down government. The shutdown, now in its fifth week, is the longest in US history and has left 800,000 federal workers unpaid. Mr Trump insists on $5.7bn (£4.5bn) funding for the wall but opposition Democrats refuse to support it. Correspondents say Mr Trump may offer a concession on so-called Dreamers, young illegal immigrants in the US. Why has the US government shut down? Six ways the US shutdown ends Mr Trump insists the wall is needed to end a security crisis on the southern border, while the Democrats call it a waste of taxpayers’ money. When is the announcement and what could it include? It will be from the White House on Saturday afternoon, although it has been put back an hour to 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT). Mr Trump had a brief exchange with reporters on Saturday morning but gave little away, saying: “I think it’ll be an important statement.” The BBC’s David Willis in Washington says Mr Trump might be …