Article snippet: A group of 16 states filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block MORE's move to declare a national emergency to get funding for his proposed southern border wall. The states, 15 of which have Democratic governors, called the situation at the border a "manufactured crisis." "President Trump has veered the country toward a constitutional crisis of his own making. For years, President Trump has repeatedly stated his intention to build a wall across the United States-Mexico border," reads the suit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The states are asking the court to permanently enjoin the Trump administration from building a border wall without an appropriation by Congress, permanently block the administration from diverting federal funding toward construction of a border wall; and declare the national emergency declaration unlawful. The suit says the states are bringing forth the injunction “to protect their residents, natural resources, and economic interests from President Donald J. Trump’s flagrant disregard of fundamental separation of powers principles engrained in the United States Constitution.” California Attorney General announced his intention to begin a lawsuit almost immediately after Trump declared a national emergency Friday to circumvent Congress and allocate nearly $8 billion to fund his long-sought project along the U.S.-Mexico border. Becerra has said that the basis for an injunction on Trump's decla... Link to the full article to read more