Three border wall projects reportedly canceled due to lack of funding amid environmental lawsuit
The Trump administration reportedly canceled three projects to build parts of the barrier wall at the U.S. southern border in Arizona and California.
A Friday court filing by the legal team representing the Trump administration in a civil suit indicated funds for the three construction projects were insufficient to continue building.
The lawsuit, filed against the president and several Cabinet members in February, accuses the administration of illegally declaring a state of emergency in order to obtain funding for the border wall. The Center for Biological Diversity and several other environmental organizations are named as plaintiffs in the case.
"Of the 58 times presidents have previously declared emergencies under the National Emergencies Act, none involved using the emergency powers to fund a policy goal after a president failed to meet that goal through foreign diplomacy (having Mexico pay for the wall) or the congressional appropriations process," the original complaint said. "Never before has a president used the emergency powers granted to him by Congress in such a manner."
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