Court backs prototype wall

President Donald Trump scored a victory in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals with a ruling Monday that authorizes building a prototype wall along the U.s.-mexico border and lets the Trump administration repair an existing barrier.

In a 2-1 decision issued against California and several environmental groups, the appeals court upheld a prior opinion by

U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, which determined the Department of Homeland Security was right to try to waive environmental laws in order “to expedite construction” of three separate border barriers near two cities, Law and Crime reported.

The decision said that the DHS Secretary “authorized the San Diego and Calexico projects because the existing barriers in this areas were built in the 1990s using a fence design ‘that is no longer optimal for Border Patrol operations.’ ”