The US Supreme Court has authorized Donald Trump to build the wall with Mexico

The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday in favor of the president Donald Trumpand allowed him to follow his plans to use billions of dollars from Pentagon funds to finance the construction of wall sections on the border with Mexico. The measure was quickly celebrated by the mogul in social networks. "Wow! Great victory on the wall, "he tweeted.

Trump has declared a national emergency this year to bypbad Congress and get funding for his wall project, after a dispute with the Democratic party, by majority in the lower house, has caused the closure of the longest administration of the history of the United States. .

About 20 states, human rights groups and border communities have reported in court that the emergency declaration violates the Constitution.

In May, a federal judge ruled in his favor, issuing a temporary restraining order against the use of Defense Ministry funds to build the wall with Mexico, the agency said. AFP.

The Supreme Court overturned this judge's decision on Friday, with five votes for and four against, and stated that the government had demonstrated the legitimacy of the use of these funds.

The court ruling will allow the Trump administration to temporarily access about $ 2.5 billion for the wall. But the opponents of this project are not willing to give up the fight against its construction.

The ACLU, the powerful organization of civil liberties, announced Friday that it would appeal to a court of appeal in order to "reinstate the permanent blockade of building a border wall using unauthorized military funds ".

"The people on the border, the environment and the separation of powers in our Constitution would be permanently affected if Trump managed to go ahead with the looting of military funds for a xenophobic wall that Congress had rejected, "said Dror Ladin, lawyer. of the ACLU.