In a July 31 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court said construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall using funds transferred from military pay and pension accounts can continue, with justices letting stand its earlier ruling that temporarily allowed barrier work to move forward while it considers the merits of opponents' case against it.
Opposition groups argued that because the $2.5 billion in diverted U.S. Defense Dept. funds would be spent and wall construction completed before issues they raised against the funding transfer is decided by the high court, that justices should allow a lower court ruling that stopped building work to stand.