Trump will ask for $8.6B for wall in budget

President Trump reportedly intends to request $8.6 billion for his long-promised wall along the border with Mexico when he submits his 2020 congressional budget on Monday.
Reuters reported that the president will submit his request to Congress based on a 2017 plan crafted by Customs and Border Protection that called for 722 miles of barriers to be built or replaced along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The funding for the wall would pull $5 billion from the Department of Homeland Security budget, plus $3.6 billion for the military construction budget at the Pentagon, according to the news service. The budget proposal would include a separate $3.6 million in military construction to help fund projects affected by the wall.