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Twenty states file motion to block Trump border wall funding: N.Y. attorney general

Published 04/05/2019, 01:15 PM
Updated 04/05/2019, 01:15 PM
© Reuters. Razor barbed wire is seen through the border fence on the U.S. territory, seen from Tecate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty U.S. states have filed a motion to block President Donald Trump's method of funding a border wall by diverting federal funds through a national emergency declaration, the New York state attorney general said on Friday.

"This wall is unnecessary, and an abuse of power that will take away resources that could be used to help Americans across our nation," New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Twitter.

The states filed a lawsuit in February after Trump declared a national emergency to help build a border wall that was a signature of his 2016 campaign for president. The motion for a preliminary injunction to block Trump's effort that was filed late Thursday formalized that request.

© Reuters. Razor barbed wire is seen through the border fence on the U.S. territory, seen from Tecate

Trump's order would allow him to spend money on the wall that Congress appropriated for other purposes. Congress declined to fulfill his request for $5.7 billion to help build the wall this year.

Latest comments

article iv section 4 of the constitution.
The most amazing country in the world deserves a secure border. It's not racist, it's reasonable.
Of course a secure border is reasonable. But declaring a fake emergency in order to misappropriate funds to build a simple wall is not the right way to secure the border. And you're correct that it's not racist to build a wall, of course. But it is racist when Trump implies that all migrants are rapists, drug dealers, and criminals.
"migrants" are entirely different from illegal immigrants. Absolutely nothing wrong with people coming here legally to work, aka a migrant. Coming here illegally and burdening taxpayers for financial support is what we don't want.
maybe we can dip into the $100 billion that's given to illegal immigrants in the US every year to pay for the wall.
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