Judge Blocks $89 Million Transfer for Border Wall
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday permanently blocked the Trump administration from diverting $89 million in congressionally approved military construction funding to help build a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In a 38-page order, U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein granted summary judgment to Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who challenged the Trump administration’s plan to “reprogram” or divert $89 million from the Naval Submarine Base Bangor on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington, home to nuclear-powered submarines that carry nuclear warheads, to fund border wall construction.
But the judge declined to enjoin the federal government from redirecting all of the $3.6 billion in military construction funds that had been redirected to 11 projects at the Mexican border, meaning funding diverted from other states’ military projects can still be redirected to build the wall.
“This judgment is an important victory for the rule of law, and the system of checks and balances our founders enshrined in our Constitution,” Ferguson said in a statement.
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