US Judge Says No to Democrats’ Effort to Stop Trump’s Border Wall Funds

US Judge Says No to Democrats’ Effort to Stop Trump’s Border Wall Funds
A child looks through the border wall during the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump to Calexico, California, as seen in Mexicali, Mexico, on April 5, 2019. Reuters/Carlos Jasso
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A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit that House Democrats had wanted to use to block President Donald Trump’s plan to divert funds to help build a border wall.

District Court Judge Trevor McFadden of the District of Columbia ruled that the lawsuit lacked legal standing (pdf). Democrats wanted to sue Trump for using money appropriated by Congress for other purposes to build the wall.
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