US federal judge blocks use of some funds for border wall
A section of reinforced US-Mexico border fence seen from Tijuana, Baja California state in Mexico, on February 14, 2019. File Photo: AFP
A US federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration's use of $1 billion in funds to construct a wall along the southern border with Mexico, but declined to issue a permanent injunction.
The Trump administration has sought to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, but has so far proven unsuccessful at receiving congressional approval to do so.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. In February, the Trump administration declared a national emergency to reprogram $6.7 billion in funds that Congress had allocated for other purposes to build the wall, which states and groups, including California, had challenged.
US District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California said the use of the funds for the wall for "border barrier construction" in two areas "is unlawful."
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