Court allowing Trump to continue with border wall construction

President Trump is celebrating a court ruling that will allow his administration to use Defense Department funds to continue building his border wall. 

Source: Mario Tama/Getty Images – Last February, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency and announced a plan to use about over $6 billion in military construction and counter-drug appropriations to finance border wall spending

He tweeted the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling gives him the go ahead to build one of the largest sections of a desperately needed border wall. 

The court granted a stay of a Texas judge’s order.  The case continues. 

The ruling allows Trump to use up to three-point-six billion dollars for eleven wall projects. 

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