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Federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build border wall – CNN, CNN

Federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build border wall – CNN, CNN


Washington (CNN)A federal judge in Texas blocked the Trump administration from Using billions of dollars in Pentagon funds for the construction of the border wall.

Judge David Briones of the US District Court for the Western District of TexassaidTuesday that the administration cannot use military construction funds to build additional barriers on the southern border.

The ruling is a setback for the administration, which has sought to shore up money for the President’s signature campaign promise of a border wall, and marks yet another high-profile blow the courts have dealt Trump of late on key issues, including hisimmigrationpolicies and his fight to not turn histax returnsover to Congress. It targets only one set of Pentagon funds, however, leaving in placethe money the Supreme Court allowedto be used earlier this year.

In September, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper authorized diverting of $ 3.6 billion in military construction fundsfor 16 wall projects on the southern border with Mexico. The Pentagon said at the time that half the money was coming from deferred projects overseas, and the other half was planned for projects in the US.

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