On October 9, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Trump’s use of his emergency powers to build his long-promised border wall with military funds is illegal. (And no, Mexico is not paying for the wall.) $36 billion was slated for construction of about a dozen projects including two projects in the Laredo and El Paso areas. The money was diverted from funds dedicated for military construction. The projects in Texas would have covered more than 60 miles according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Some experts… read more
October 15, 2020