Prosecutors from 16 states sued the Donald Trump government for an emergency declaration to fund the wall

Prosecutors from 16 US states sued Donald Trump's government after his declaration of national emergency fund the construction of a wall on the Mexican border, claiming that this decision is unconstitutional.

The lawsuit, filed in a Federal Court of California, points out that the order of the president contradicts a clause that establishes legislative procedures and another that designates the Congress, the last arbiter of public funds.

The complaint had already been announced by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who stated that his state and others had a legal reason to present it because could lose money for military projects, disaster badistance and other purposes.

In addition to CaliforniaApplicant States are Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Virginia.

Along with the Democratic opposition, several Republican senators have criticized Trump 's emergency declaration, saying that she had established a dangerous previous and that supposed a Exceeding the executive powers.

The lawsuit will launch a lawsuit that will probably last several months, during which the Trump decree should remain blocked. the White House could not use the funds that she identified to build the border fence.

Trump signed a national emergency declaration Friday, an extraordinary procedure allowing him to release federal funds without going through Congress.

According to the White House, Trump could have about $ 8,000 million (between the funds released by him and the 1.4 billion dollars allocated by the Congress) to build a wall in a part of the border with Mexico.

But according to the New York Attorney General's Office, the entry of illegal immigrants across the border into Mexico "is at its lowest level in 20 years," and warned that "there is no credible evidence suggesting that a border wall would reduce crime rates"

The disagreement between Trump and the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives resulted in a 35-day closure, the partial closure of the country's longest-running administration.

California has repeatedly challenged Trump's policies in court. Becerra has filed at least 45 lawsuits against the government.

(With information from AFP and EFE)