The motion claims Trump's declaration is unconstitutional, and that the states filing suit have standing to do so because building the wall would divert funding away from programs that would otherwise be performed to the benefit of these states. Because only Congress may allocate funds in this way, reads the motion, the declaration of state of emergency violates the 's clause. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern District of  . Trump's state of emergency appears to allow him to pull funding for the border wall from other places: potentially, according to , 3.6 billion from a Pentagon construction budget, $2.5 billion from anti-drug programs, and $ 601 million from a forfeiture fund within the .
The motion claims Trump's declaration is unconstitutional, and that the states filing suit have standing to do so because building the wall would divert funding away from programs that would otherwise be performed to the benefit of these states. Because only Congress may allocate funds in this way, reads the motion, the declaration of state of emergency violates the 's clause. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern District of California . Trump's state of emergency appears to allow him to pull funding for the border wall from other places: potentially, according to Al Jazeera, US$3.6 billion from a Pentagon construction budget, $2.5 billion from anti-drug programs, and 601 million from a forfeiture fund within the .
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