President Trump is expected to declare a national emergency today to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border despite opposition from Congress. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the president planned to sign the latest spending bill but to also declare a national emergency. The spending bill includes nearly $1.4 billion to build 55 miles of new border barriers out of steel, far less than the $5.7 billion requested by President Trump. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “It’s not an emergency, what’s happening at the border. It’s a humanitarian challenge to us. The president has tried to sell a bill of goods to the American people. But putting that aside, just in terms of the president making an end run around Congress.”

Several Republicans, including Senators Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, have also come out against Trump’s emergency declaration. Rubio wrote, “We have a crisis at our southern border, but no crisis justifies violating the Constitution.” Several groups, including Public Citizen, have announced plans to sue the Trump administration once the national emergency is declared.