Trump's Border Wall Misappropriated Defense Funds and Harmed Local Ecologies - Settlement Now Reached in multiple state AG lawsuit

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After Trump border wall caused ecological damage, settlement is a win for wildlife, Bonta says​

The settlement, finalized Monday in federal court for the Northern District of California, ended four lawsuits filed against the Trump administration by a coalition of attorneys general from 18 states, including California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta.

The lawsuits alleged the Trump administration misappropriated taxpayer funds earmarked for other purposes to pay for the construction of the southern border wall. According to the terms of the settlement, the money will now go to a variety of environmental remediation efforts and a handful of military construction projects.

[The majority of the money is slated to go back to military uses]: “With environmental mitigation projects coming online to protect our sensitive ecosystem along the U.S.-Mexico border and the confirmation of over $427 million in funding restored for military construction projects, today’s settlement ushers in a new beginning,” Bonta said in a statement.

 

[PloverWing]

One of my concerns about the wall had been the wildlife, who have no idea that they're migrating (illegally?) back and forth across the US/Mexico border. I'm especially fond of ocelots , but other species are affected too. So if there are environmental remedies that will be carried out, that's a good thing.