(Indiana University)The federal judge whom President Trump disparaged as a “Mexican” during his campaign will preside over a case brought against one of the president’s most highly touted initiatives: the U.S-Mexico border wall. The case, which was initially three separate lawsuits before being consolidated by Curiel, represents a substantial legal challenge to the construction of Trump’s potential border wall. [Yet again, Trump’s border wall is blocking an immigration deal on ‘dreamers’]California has said the construction of a border wall could do “irreparable harm” to its wildlife. On May 27, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump went on an 11-minute rant about Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge overseeing several Trump University cases. I’m building a wall,” Trump said of Curiel in June 2016 to CNN anchor Jake Tapper.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2018 03:39 UTC