US President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday it will redirect $3.6 billion in Pentagon money to step up construction of the president's proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Eurasia Diary reports citing to USA Today that Pentagon officials told reporters that 127 construction projects would lose funding, though the administration declined to detail which projects, specifically. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Military Academy at West Point is on the list.
It is worth to note that, the Supreme Court ruled in July that Trump could use billions in a separate pot of military funding to begin building a portion of the wall along the nation's southern border. The court's order came months after Trump declared a national emergency to redirect funds from other federal agencies to the Department of Homeland Security.
The money would pay for 175 miles of border barrier. Trump made the border wall a central theme of his 2016 campaign.