The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the administration illegally went around Congress in reappropriating the funds. It ruled on a suit brought by a coalition of border states including California and environmental groups. The court concluded that “… the Executive Branch lacked independent constitutional authority to transfer the funds at issue here” and that therefore “the transfer of funds was unlawful.”BORDER WALL PROGRESS: WHAT'S BEEN BUILT SO FAR? The administration had shifted money over after Trump declared a national emergency along the border amid the 2019 border crisis. Trump visited wall construction in Yuma, Ariz., on Tuesday where he marked more than 200 miles of wall being built since he took office in 2017.

Source: Fox News June 26, 2020 21:30 UTC