(The Center Square) – Advocates who sued the Trump administration are lauding what they say is an historic ruling by a federal judge to halt Big Bend border wall construction and waivers of laws.
“The word ‘historic’ is thrown around a lot,” but the ruling “truly made history,” Laiken Jordahl, with the Center for Biodiversity, said. The center, Texas Civil Rights Project and others sued, alleging border wall construction in the area is unconstitutional and violates federal law.
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