A California federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from using $1 billion diverted from military accounts, including pay and pension funds, to begin border wall construction.
The judge did not rule on the legality of the administration’s diversion of another $3.6 billion from military construction funds -- budgeted as part of a national emergency declaration -- since the administration has not yet identified a final plan to use those funds.
Construction on the wall was scheduled to begin as early as Saturday.
The ruling cited the Executive Branch's attempt to circumvent Congress as reason for blocking the funds.