Judge Blocks Trump From Building Sections of United States-Mexico Border Wall

Concertina wire sits at the base of a steel barrier wall separates the United States from Mexico in Calexico, Calif., on Jan. 26, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images

A judge has ruled that the Trump administration must temporarily stop using some Defense Department funds to build additional border fencing.

U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Northern California said on Friday, May 24, that Trump cannot move the funds without congressional approval.