NEW YORK (WBEN/AP) — New York is joining California and 14 other states in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration.
Attorney General Letitia James said in the lawsuit Monday that diverting funding from military construction and other programs to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border threatens New York's public safety and security infrastructure.
All the states involved in the lawsuit have Democratic attorneys general.
Trump declared a national emergency to fulfill his promise of completing the wall.
The move allows the president to bypass Congress to use money from the Pentagon and other budgets.
California has repeatedly challenged Trump in court.
"President Trump is manufacturing a crisis and declaring a made-up 'national emergency' in order to seize power and undermine the Constitution," said California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a statement. "This 'emergency' is a national disgrace."