The $1.5 trillion military budget request includes $8.8 billion for repairs such as HVAC fixes, mold remediation and electrical and plumbing updates; $10.2 billion for new barracks construction; and $2.5 billion for preventive maintenance.
Protesters clashed with the police outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where federal immigration agents brought a detainee for evaluation and later dragged him to a waiting car.
President Trump offered few details on how the new program, which he called Project Freedom, would work, but said interference would be dealt with “forcefully.”