Trump Barred From Building Border Wall With Military Funds
- U.S. judge in Texas ruled end-run around Congress was illegal
- President isn’t blocked from using money from anti-drug budget
A section of the U.S. and Mexico border wall stands in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, U.S.
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A U.S. judge barred President Donald Trump from using $3.6 billion in military construction funds to pay for a wall along the Mexico border.
Tuesday’s order follows an October ruling by U.S. District Judge David Briones in El Paso, Texas, in which he concluded that Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to redirect Defense Department appropriations to a wall project that Congress specifically refused to pay for was illegal. The government is appealing the October ruling.