California sues to stop Trumps proposed border wall with Mexico
Source: SF Chronicle
President Trump’s proposed wall along the Mexican border would violate environmental laws, and the authorization he says he has to build it comes from a federal waiver that expired long ago, Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to block construction of the barrier, particularly its segments in California.
“The Trump administration has once again ignored laws it doesn’t like in order to resuscitate a campaign talking point to build a wall on our southern border,” Becerra said in a statement as he and supporters of the suit spoke to reporters at Border Field State Park, south of San Diego.
“We don’t need more (physical) structure,” said Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego. “What we need is a good relationship” with Mexico.
Filed in federal court on behalf of the state and the California Coastal Commission, the suit challenges Trump’s claim, in a Jan. 25 executive order, that he had the authority to disregard restrictions in federal and state laws in order to enhance border security by building a wall.
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