American Military News by Ryan Morgan 12/11/2019
A federal judge in Texas has handed down another setback in President Donald Trump’s effort to build a wall along the border with Mexico on Tuesday.
Judge David Briones of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas has ruled the Trump administration cannot use military construction funds to build the wall, CNN reported.
The funds at stake in this latest legal setback include the $3.6 billion set out by Defense Secretary Mark Esper in September. The funds were set out to fund 11 border wall projects, totaling 175 miles of construction.
The $3.6 billion funding allotment is one of two funding allotments the Trump administration chose to divert to wall construction in a February national emergency declaration. Another $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds was also pulled in for wall funding and despite past legal challenges, the Supreme Court in July ruled those funds could be used for the prescribed wall construction.
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