The American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition are asking the US Supreme Court to block the construction of President Trump's border wall
The request made Wednesday is part of an ongoing legal fight over the use of $2.5 billion from the Pentagon to construct parts of the wall along the southwestern border. The legal proceedings over Defense Department funds stem from Trump's national emergency declaration on the US-Mexico border last year. Trump extended the declaration this past February, even as border arrests began to decline.
"The Trump administration has lost in every lower court, but is still rushing to complete the President's border wall before the Supreme Court can review the merits of this case," said Dror Ladin, staff attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project, in a statement."If the administration succeeds, there will be no border wall construction left to stop by the time the Supreme Court hears this case." Read MoreA judge ordered the US to accept new DACA applications.
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