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"Ex-security officials: 'No factual basis' for Trump wall"

This article, from BBC News, discusses the issue that Trump is trying to get the money to build a wall at the border. It says that people rebuked Trump because of the national emergency declaration. They say that "under no plausible assessment of the evidence is there a national emergency today that entitles the president to tap into funds appropriated for other purposes to build a wall at the southern border". They believe that there are many other uses and needs that the money could be used for. It ends by saying that after the national government shutdown, Trump signed an emergency proclamation in order to obtain money for the wall after Congress did not approve his request. 
I believe their intended audience would be citizens who are against the wall. Most of the article, the writer gives information showing that the wall is unnecessary and shouldn't be a priority. They also give quotes from people who are against Trump and the wall. It does not show who the author is and that can be hard determining the credibility. The writer does include a video and links to other sources to help you get a better understanding of it all. 
The author does not explicitly give their opinion on the topic, but all their information points to that they are against the wall and believe it to be unnecessary. They only share that side of the view and they do not include anything regarding that the wall might be necessary to other citizens. 
I do agree that I don't believe that the wall is necessary to us right now, but I do not have more information from different views to give a well thought opinion. I do wish this article could include more view and why they would disagree with them. 

BBC News Article