President Donald Trump expressed confidence on Tuesday that he would prevail against a lawsuit filed by 16 U. S. states seeking to block his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the U. S. border with Mexico.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump expressed confidence on Tuesday that he would prevail against a lawsuit filed by 16 U. S. states seeking to block his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the U. S. border with Mexico.
The group of states, including California and New York, has charged the president and top officials in his administration with taking away taxpayer funds for their communities to fulfill a promise from his 2016 campaign to curb illegal immigration and the flow of drugs.
Trump’s remarks to reporters in the Oval Office suggested he was not concerned or surprised by the states’ legal challenge.
“I think, in the end, we’re going to be very successful with the lawsuit,” Trump said. “It’s an open-and-closed case.”
The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed its own lawsuit in a U. S. District Court in California, alleging that “Trump disregarded the will of Congress with his emergency declaration.
