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June 29, 2020

Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5B for border wall

  • The administration has already awarded much of the money, including a $1.3 billion job in Arizona that was announced last month.
    • By DAISY NGUYEN
    Associated Press

    SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of $2.5 billion from military construction projects to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico, ruling it illegally sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide how to use the funds.

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a coalition of border states and environmental groups that contended the money transfer was unlawful and that building the wall would pose environmental threats.


     
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