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Here is a list of the national emergencies declared by the last seven presidents

By Debbie Lord, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Feb 18, 2019

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday in order to fund a wall along the southern border of the United States.

Trump is not the first president to declare a national emergency.

There have been 58 national emergencies since the act went into effect – every president since Jimmy Carter has declared at least one national emergency.

Here, from the Brennan Center for Justice, is a list of those emergencies:

 President Jimmy Carter

President Ronald Reagan

President George H.W. Bush

President Bill Clinton

President George W. Bush

President Barack Obama

President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington.
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington.  

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