Trump's Plan to Start Building Wall Monday Crumbles in Court

  • California federal judge blocks four more border projects
  • President is almost certain to challenge ruling on appeal

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle sits parked in front of a border fence in Texas.

Photographer: Adria Malcolm/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump was ready to break ground Monday morning on his long-promised Mexico border wall.

But a court ruling late Friday dealt the president another setback. A federal judge who last month blocked a pair of construction projects in Arizona and New Mexico added four more sites in Arizona and California. And the Oakland, California-based judge turned his temporary injunction into a permanent one.