Texas Fed Judge Says Trump’s Emergency Declaration For Border Wall Funding Was ‘Unlawful’

Texas Fed Judge Says Trump’s Emergency Declaration For Border Wall Funding Was ‘Unlawful’
President Donald Trump returns to the White House in Washington on Sept. 19, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
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A U.S. judge in Texas ruled against President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration in February that enabled funds to be directed toward building the southern border wall.

In a Friday ruling (pdf), Judge David Briones of the Western District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by El Paso County, Texas, and the Border Network for Human Rights, an immigrant rights group.