in october 2019, in a separate case, u.s. district judge david briones of the u.s. district court for the western district of texas found that the el paso county, texas and the border network for human rights had legal standing to challenge trump's attempt to divert $3.6 billion in military construction for wall construction along the mexico border, and in december 2019, the court issued a permanent injunction blocking the attempted diversion of funds. the ruling did not effect the use of other funds that the trump administration designed for wall construction, such as counter-drug and treasury forfeiture funds.