{"id":82788,"date":"2019-07-01T16:19:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T23:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=82788"},"modified":"2019-07-01T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T23:19:05","slug":"attorney-general-becerra-applauds-ruling-blocking-trumps-funding-for-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=82788","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Becerra Applauds Ruling Blocking Trump\u2019s Funding for Border Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today issued the following statement in response to a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to find unlawful and permanently block President Trump\u2019s attempt to divert $2.5 billion in funding to begin building a border wall in El Centro, California and New Mexico. The decision grants in part California\u2019s and New Mexico\u2019s motion for partial summary judgment filed on June 12, 2019 and enters a partial judgment in favor of California and New Mexico. In a related proceeding, Sierra Club, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al., the District Court also granted in part Sierra Club\u2019s motion for partial summary judgment and permanently enjoined the Trump Administration from proceeding with construction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dailytide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5030\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese rulings critically stop President Trump\u2019s illegal money grab to divert $2.5 billion of unauthorized funding for his pet project,\u201d said Attorney General Becerra. \u201cAll President Trump has succeeded in building is a constitutional crisis, threatening immediate harm to our state. President Trump said he didn\u2019t have to do this and that he would be unsuccessful in court. Today we proved that statement true.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On President\u2019s Day 2019, Attorney General Becerra led 16 states in a lawsuit challenging President Trump\u2019s declaration of a national emergency and his attempt to divert funding appropriated by Congress for other purposes. In the complaint, the coalition alleges that the Trump Administration\u2019s emergency declaration and diversion of funds is unconstitutional and otherwise unlawful. Less than a month later, four additional states joined the lawsuit, bringing the coalition to twenty attorneys general. In March, Congress, having already rejected President Trump\u2019s pet project, passed a joint resolution overturning the National Emergency, which President Trump subsequently vetoed. Today\u2019s ruling follows a preliminary injunction issued on May 24, which temporarily blocked President Trump\u2019s ability to divert $1 billion in funding toward border walls in New Mexico and Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The order for California can be found here and the order for the Sierra Club can be found here.<\/p>\n<p># # # <\/p>\n<p>You may view the full account of this posting, including possible attachments, in the News &#038; Alerts section of our website at: https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-becerra-applauds-ruling-blocking-trump%E2%80%99s-illegal-diversion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today issued the following statement in response to a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to find unlawful and permanently block President Trump\u2019s attempt to divert $2.5 billion in funding to begin building a border wall in El Centro, California and New Mexico. 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