Original title: the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the government to spend $2.5 billion on building walls
Beijing, July 27 (Xinhua) according to foreign media reports, the US Supreme Court issued a judgment on the 26th, allowing the trump government to allocate $2.5 billion from the funds of the Ministry of defense for the construction of border walls in California, Arizona and New Mexico.
'Wow! The border wall project succeeded. " U.S. President trump responded to this judgment on Twitter and said, "border security and the rule of law have won a major victory!"
The battle over funds for the border wall triggered the longest government shutdown in American history. The U.S. Congress finally agreed to allocate about $1.4 billion to deploy the border wall in Texas, far less than the $6 billion required by the government.
Subsequently, trump declared a state of emergency across the country and tried to bypass Congress to obtain funds for the border wall project. However, about 20 states, human rights organizations, environmental protection organizations and border communities in the United States filed lawsuits, saying that the state of emergency violated the constitution.
On June 28, a judge of the California federal district court ruled that the trump government was prohibited from misappropriating $2.5 billion of anti drug funds to build the U.S. - Mexico border wall. The trump administration then appealed to revoke the Federal District Court's injunction, but it was rejected by the federal court of appeal on July 4.
On July 12, the trump administration filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court. In a document submitted to the judge, deputy attorney general Noel & bull; Francisco said that the funds for the construction of the separation wall were necessary "to prevent illegal drugs from crossing the southern border".
On July 26, the Supreme Court overturned the decision of the lower court by 5 votes to 4, saying that the government "has fully demonstrated at this stage" that these groups are not qualified to challenge the allocation of funds.
After the verdict was released, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said that it wanted the Ninth Circuit Court of appeal to speed up its decision to "prevent Trump's border wall from causing irreversible and imminent damage".
Building the US Mexico border wall is one of Trump's important commitments during the 2016 general election. He also advocated that Mexico should pay for the cost of building the wall.