The administration said it would return $2 billion taken from the Pentagon and use it for the construction projects for which the money was originally intended.
A spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees construction paid with military funds reappropriated by Trump under a national emergency declaration, declined to speculate what actions the Biden administration may take.
Friday’s order means the court is not likely even to consider the substance of the issue until after the November election, while work on the wall continues.