A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction [7] Oct. 11 against President Donald Trump's proposed plan for funding the border wall, finding that it exceeds executive branch authority under the Appropriations Act [11]. Trump issued [12] a proclamation [13] in February declaring a national emergency on the southern border of the US, as both a humanitarian and security crisis. El Paso County, Tex., and the Border Network for Human Rights [14] sued to challenge the proclamation. Going further than previous rulings against the border wall plans [15], Judge David Briones specifically declared Trump's emergency proclamation to be "unlawful." (Jurist [9], Politico [16], Oct. 11)
