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The US Supreme Court has said that President Donald Trump can use $2.5bn (£2bn) of Pentagon funds for a section of wall on the southern border.

The court ruled by five votes to four to block a ruling by a federal judge in California that barred the president from spending the money on the wall.



The wall, dividing the US and Mexico, was Mr Trump's major campaign promise during the 2016 election.

It is fiercely opposed by Democrats.

The decision by the Supreme Court means that the money will be used for wall projects in California, Arizona and New Mexico.

The court in California had argued that Congress had not specifically authorised the funds to be used for constructing the wall.

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In a tweet, Mr Trump described the ruling as a "big victory".
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Wow! Big VICTORY on the Wall. The United States Supreme Court overturns lower court injunction, allows Southern Border Wall to proceed. Big WIN for Border Security and the Rule of Law!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2019

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The president has argued that a new wall would help to curb illegal immigration, which he says is fuelling crime and placing a strain on the economy.

Democrats say they are in favour of border security but the wall would be expensive and ineffective. They argue that Mr Trump has manufactured the border emergency and that the wall has become a symbol of Trump's anti-immigration platform.

On Friday, the US and Guatemala also signed a deal, under which migrants from Honduras and El Salvador who pass through Guatemala will be required to stop and seek asylum there first, rather than heading straight for the US.
What has the reaction been to the ruling?

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said: "This evening's Supreme Court ruling allowing Donald Trump to steal military funds to spend on a wasteful, ineffective border wall rejected by Congress is deeply flawed. Our Founders designed a democracy governed by the people - not a monarchy."

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has vowed to seek an expedited decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals "to halt the irreversible and imminent damage from Trump's border wall".

Gloria Smith, an attorney with environmental group the Sierra Club, which sued to block the funds said: "Today's decision to permit the diversion of military funds for border wall construction will wall off and destroy communities, public lands, and waters in California, New Mexico, and Arizona."
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Mr Trump declared an emergency earlier this year, saying he needed $6.7bn to build the wall as a matter of national security. However this figure is far short of the estimated $23bn cost of a barrier along the whole 2,000 miles (3,200km) of border.

Democrats claimed Mr Trump's decision to declare an emergency exceeded his powers under the US constitution.

About 20 states, along with groups including the ACLU have filed lawsuits to try and stop the president using the emergency declaration to bypass Congress.

Environmental groups have also campaigned against building the wall claiming that it could have a negative impact on wildlife.

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Donald Trump granted $US 2.5 billion by Supreme Court to build border wall



The US Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump a victory by ruling his administration could tap into billions of dollars of Pentagon funds to build sections of a controversial border wall with Mexico.

Key points:

• Activist groups challenged the wall over environmental and humanitarian concerns
• Building a wall along the Mexican border was key to Trump's 2016 election campaign
• Democrats have called the wall immoral, ineffective and expensive

The court's five conservative justices gave the Trump Administration the greenlight to begin work on four contracts it has awarded using $US2.5 billion ($3.6 billion) of Defence Department money.

Funding for the projects had been frozen by lower courts while a lawsuit over the money proceeded. The court's four liberal justices would not have allowed construction to start.

The justices' decision to lift the freeze on the money allows Mr Trump to make progress on a core aspect of his administration's agenda.

Mr Trump tweeted after the announcement:

"Wow! Big VICTORY on the Wall. The United States Supreme Court overturns lower court injunction, allows Southern Border Wall to proceed. Big WIN for Border Security and the Rule of Law!"

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Supreme court lifts injunction stopping baldy orange cunto spending military money.

Case goes on in Federal court.