SACRAMENTO, California — California is likely to sue President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the state attorney general said Friday. Gavin Newsom, both Democrats, told reporters there is no emergency at the border and Trump doesn’t have the authority to make the declaration. Becerra and Newsom said they were reviewing the emergency declaration but were likely to join other states in suing. Becerra pointed to Trump’s comments earlier in the day that he did not need to issue the emergency declaration but was doing so to accelerate plans for his border wall. Newsom argued Trump’s plan to use money on the border wall that had been dedicated for military installations and combating drugs would hurt California.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 15, 2019 23:15 UTC