WASHINGTON _ Democrats in the U.S. House plan to file a resolution on Friday seeking to block President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to build a wall on the southern U.S. border.
Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas outlined plans to introduce the measure in an email circulated to colleagues that was obtained Wednesday by Bloomberg News. The resolution has 92 co-sponsors in the Democratic-controlled House.
The resolution is likely to pass the House and may get enough Republican support to pass the Senate. Trump has vowed to veto it.
Trump last week signed an emergency declaration to divert certain military funding for wall construction, after Congress approved only $1.375 billion of the $5.7 billion he sought in a bipartisan budget bill.
In addition to the resolution from the House, 16 states have filed a lawsuit challenging the declaration.
