Judge partially blocks Trump border wall plan



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By JOSH GERSTEIN

A federal judge partially blocked President Donald Trump's plan to fund the construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border.

The preliminary injunction issued Friday blocks the administration's plan to transfer approximately $ 1 billion from other Defense Department accounts to cover extensions and improvements to border gates.

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Haywood Gilliam, a US District Court Judge based in Oakland, California, restricts construction only in certain border areas of Texas and Arizona and does not prevent the administration from appealing other sources of funding to advance these projects.

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