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A coalition of 16 U.S. states led by California sued President Donald Trumps administration on Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to obtain funds for building a wall along the U.S. Mexico border.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California came just days after Trump invoked emergency powers on Friday after Congress declined to fulfill his request for dollar 5.7 billion to help build the wall that was his signature 2016 campaign promise.
His move aims to let him spend money appropriated by Congress for other purposes.
Joining in filing the lawsuit are the attorneys general of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Virginia.
Today, on Presidents Day, we take President Trump to court to block his misuse of presidential power, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement.
A coalition of 16 U.S. states led by California sued President Donald Trumps administration on Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to obtain funds for building a wall along the U.S. Mexico border. He is pictured at the Rose Garden during Fridays announcement
We´re suing President Trump to stop him from unilaterally robbing taxpayer funds lawfully set aside by Congress for the people of our states. For most of us, the Office of the Presidency is not a place for theatre, added Becerra, a Democrat.
Three Texas landowners and an environmental group filed the first lawsuit against Trumps move on Friday, saying it violates the Constitution and would infringe on their property rights.
The legal challenges could slow down Trumps efforts to build the wall, which he says is needed to check illegal immigration and drug trafficking, but will likely end up at the conservative leaning U.S. Supreme Court.
In a budget deal passed by Congress to avert a second government shutdown, nearly dollar 1.4 billion was allocated toward border fencing.
Trumps emergency order would give him an additional dollar 6.7 billion beyond what lawmakers authorized.
In television interviews on Sunday and Monday, Becerra said the lawsuit would use Trumps own words against him as evidence there is no national emergency to declare.
Earlier, Trump had said he knew that he did not need to declare an emergency to build the wall, a comment that could now undercut the governments legal argument.
Presidents dont go in and claim declarations of emergency for the purposes of raiding accounts because they werent able to get Congress to fund items, Becerra said on MSNBC.
The legal challenges could slow down Trumps efforts to build the wall, which he says is needed to check illegal immigration and drug trafficking, but will likely end up at the conservative leaning U.S. Supreme Court. A woman from Honduras is seen running from tear gas with her two children after trying to breach the border
Earlier, Trump had said he knew that he did not need to declare an emergency to build the wall, a comment that could now undercut the governments legal argument. A section of the wall is seen being put in place in El Paso, Texas, in January
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