Attorney General Becerra Challenges Latest Unconstitutional and Unlawful Diversion of Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Build Trump Wall on Border

oag.ca.gov ^ | March 3, 2020 | oag.ca.gov

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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov

For second consecutive year, President Trump circumvents will of Congress to redirect funding for rejected wall

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s illegal diversion of $3.8 billion in taxpayer dollars for the construction of an unauthorized wall along the US-Mexico border. For the second consecutive fiscal year, the Trump Administration has circumvented the will of Congress by illegally redirecting billions of taxpayer dollars, this time snatching fiscal year 2020 funding expressly assigned to state National Guard units throughout the country for the procurement of essential equipment. In today’s lawsuit, the coalition argues that the court should rule that the Department of Defense’s (DOD) diversion of already allocated funds for the unauthorized construction of a wall is an unconstitutional violation of Congress’s appropriation power.

“Ignoring the Rule of Law comes easy to President Trump, even after our courts have slapped him down. This year’s victim of his taxpayer money grab is the National Guard, which would lose critical funds to secure essential equipment for our troops,” said Attorney General Becerra. “Congress has repeatedly and explicitly rejected taxpayer funding for a wasteful Trump wall along the border. We’re going to court – once again – to remind Donald Trump that even the President is not above the law.”

On February 13, 2020, the Trump Administration announced that it would redirect over $3.8 billion in funds that Congress appropriated to the DOD for resources and equipment for state National Guard units nationwide toward the construction of a wall along the border. Congress has repeatedly rebuffed the President’s insistence on funding such a project, providing only limited money for fencing along the border in the 2019 and 2020 budgets. California has much at stake in this lawsuit as it shares 140 miles of its southern border with Mexico. California has a strong interest in maintaining the orderly and regulated flow of goods and people across the border, a critical element of the state’s success as the fifth largest economy in the world. The unlawful diversion of taxpayer dollars will significantly impact the capacity of state National Guard units across the country, including in California and other plaintiff states. Military construction projects in plaintiff states also remain at risk of being defunded.

In the lawsuit, the coalition argues that the diversion of funds violates the principles of separation of powers, the Presentment Clause, and the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution by usurping Congress’ appropriation powers. The coalition further asserts that the Trump Administration fails to satisfy the legal requirements necessary to divert the funds and disregards the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to consider the environmental impact of construction. The diverted funds will be used to construct a wall on the borders of California and New Mexico, posing imminent environmental harm to more than 100 sensitive plant and animal species.

Attorney General Becerra has led the charge to stand up to President Trump’s unlawful attempts to divert funding toward construction of a Trump wall. On February 18, 2019, Attorney General Becerra and California Governor Gavin Newsom challenged the unlawful diversion of funds for the 2019 fiscal year, filing a multistate lawsuit in the district court of Northern California. On June 28, 2019, the district court ruled that the Trump Administration’s actions were unlawful and granted judgment in favor of the States. This ruling is currently pending on appeal before the Ninth Circuit.

In filing this new lawsuit, Attorney General Becerra is joined by the attorneys general of Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

A copy of the lawsuit can be found here.

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YOur state and federal tax dollars at work. Becerra leads 19 other state attorney generals in wasting time and money attacking the Trump administration and federal funds are then used to defend against them.

President Trump spent 1.5 Trillion dollars rebuilding the military that Obama intentionally gutted; I really doubt the National Guard needs Becerra's "help".

[BenLurkin]

Defense money to defend America.

[Lurkinanloomin]

This Mexican AG is representing fraudulently documented foreigners, not Americans.

[Sacajaweau]

The USSC already ruled on the last time the President did this and agreed with the President.

[kiryandil]

Trump Uses Money To Stop Coronavirus, Democrats Howl

[kiryandil]

It’s going to be entertaining when coronavirus spreads like a CA brushfire in the sewer-like streets of Cartelforniastan.

[Vaduz]

SACRAMENTO – California = Cook County west

The masters of squander and kickbacks fear someone my use money for a just cause.

[PGalt]

Can someone give the INVADERS the SANCTUARIAN’S address? They need a nice place to stay.

[gibsonguy]

Who keeps posting the BS that this a-hole keeps issuing?

[shanover]

The scumbag left simply wants open borders for the continuing invasion and care less and are hopeful for millions of deaths due to the Corona. The “crisis” quite certainly would shoo in the pervert Joe.

[DPMD]

Diversion of money is the M.O. of AG Basura’s pals in Sacramento. Lottery money for education, gas taxes for the roads, everything else for illegal aliens. There’s a saying among those with a stranglehold on the law that you don’t come to court with dirty hands.

[mosesdapoet]

Remember this ?
Here is what went on was reported in the Free Republic website,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3697570/posts

WHY ARE WE ALLOWING CITIZENS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
WHO ENTER US ILLEGALLY GRANT THEM RIGHTS
THAT THEIR COUNTRY DENY US HAVING
WHEN WE ENTER THEIRS LEGALLY TO VISIT OR RETIRE ???
The issue of sovereignty should not be allowed to get twisted into being propagandized as “White Nationalism”. Use of that term is usually directed when the immigration issue is brought up to devalue of the protections an American citizen have by being one. When allowing the hordes illegally entering the US through the Mexican border avoid enforcing the reciprocal 2nd class treatment that American citizens get while legally residing in Mexico which of course also includes denial of voting privileges..

Today’s so called democrats insist Americans must allow illegals storm in here by the hundreds of thousands despite their cost to us of billion$ in tax dollars,which is never enough. Tax money that should be going to our citizens for their sustenance,health,education,and housing even infrastructure needs. But Americans must do the tax flagellating punishment because we’re the very rich United States and must divert those billion$ to fill the needs of those poor illegals plus give them the right to vote. Sustained by our tax money which our children’s children if not aborted will be paying for.?

Besides flooding the labor market with cheap labor which reduces job opportunities for American citizens in a diminishing base. Highly infectious communicable diseases are also pouring through this uncontrolled border creating serious health problems.

This destructive utopian Mexican open border approach of even considering granting those who enter the US illegally through it. Entitlement to all benefits way beyond those of what Mexicans give to our citizens in Mexico destroys the value of an American citizenship. It is being promoted by the name callers in socialist circles known as the democrat party as well some republicans who use such terms as “nativist” promoting racial division .

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Congress authorized the WALL years go.

Was Bacerra still in his diapers?

The state of California is turning into a third world country & Bacerra is stuck on stupid. Does this condition come attached to being Hispanic???

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Does this condition come attached to being Hispanic???
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No. I know many conservative patriotic Hispanics.

Becerra is part of the left’s “promise” to prosecute Trump every day of his presidency with ever increasing numbers of lawsuits in order to exhaust the public’s willingness for 4 more years of it.

I’ve seen the left brag that they have proof POTUS is lawless, “Just look at this massive list we’re collecting of all the lawsuits against him and his administration....”
Also - Becerra’s base is largely the undocumented voters in CA.

[Seruzawa]

None of your business, enemy agent.

[Liz]

TRUMP NEEDS TO UNLEASH HIS DOJ ON BECERRA’S ACTIVITIES WITH THE PAKI HOUSE IT SPIES.

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TALKING POINTS——The Awans had access to ALL the House Democrats Congressional data including Democrats’ constituent emails.

The Pakis were using Cong Xavier Becerra’s House Democratic Caucus as their central service warehouse.

Crucial data was completely out of the House members’ possession. Was it sold off to America’s enemies?

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Then-Cong Becerra headed the House Congressional Democrat Caucus. Becerra gave the Paki spies free reign over all US intel.

<><> Imran’s wife Hina Alvi, the only IT authorized to use Becerra’s computer equipment, is on-record as logging on about 300 times.

<><> The rest of the Awan crew were accessing intel on Becerra’s computer thousands of times using Becerra’s passwords and codes.

This clearly shows the Pakis were operating as a cohesive, collusive undercover unit.

Becerra was looking the other way.

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Becerra-—now Cali’s top lawman——refuses to answer questions about this. According to the House investigative report:

<><>The Awan family was logging in to Xavier Becerra’s House Democratic Caucus server with 17 different accounts

<><> The Awans’ were accessing data belonging to Congressional offices that had no connection to the the Democrat Caucus,

<><> These patterns were consistent with data being funneled onto Becerra’s server from other members of Congress,

<><> House members said Becerra never alerted them to any aberrations.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...

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SOURCE-—nbcnews.com ... Former Democrat Cong Becerra has filed more than 100 legal actions - 45 of them lawsuits - against the Trump administration.

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