Invoking presidential emergency powers gives the president the ability to go around Congress and unlock federal funding to crack down at the border.

And even if there was, increasing fossil fuels is not the solution. President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency as part of a wave of executive actions on his first day in office. The order cited high energy prices as a reason the country needed to boost oil and gas production.

Economists and analysts aren’t convinced that an expansion of oil and gas production will lower consumer prices.

The emergency provisions in environmental laws are narrow and limited, and the president’s plans to use them could backfire, legal experts say.

President Trump signed a number of executive orders that give the government broad power to expand oil drilling and reverse environmental protections.

President Trump signed a "national energy emergency" that gives his administration new powers to boost fossil fuel development around the country.