The Office of the Attorney General is “considering its legal options” after learning that President Donald Trump's emergency declaration may divert $750 million in Department of Defense construction funds intended for military buildup projects on Guam.

The AG issued that statement on Twitter after Guam Del. Michael San Nicolas announced in a press release Wednesday morning that he “has received information indicating (that) Trump's emergency declaration would negatively impact the Guam military buildup in a substantial way.”

The OAG is considering its legal options after learning that President Trump's emergency declaration may take away approximately $750 million in federal funding. https://t.co/mfSit0aFwo — Office of the Attorney General of Guam (@OAGGuam) February 20, 2019

Trump declared on Friday that a national emergency exists on the border with Mexico, which allows him to access billions of dollars that Congress refused to give him to build his border wall.

The Washington Post reported on Monday that 16 states joined together to file a lawsuit against the emergency declaration. The declaration allows funds to be diverted from spending programs already approved and allocated by Congress.

About $2.5 billion would be pulled from the military’s drug interdiction program; $600 million would be taken out of the Department of the Treasury's drug forfeiture fund; and the largest amount, $3.6 billion, would be siphoned out of the DOD construction budget, including $749 million in Guam buildup funding.

That amount represents more than 10 percent of the U.S. commitment to realign forces to Guam from Okinawa, San Nicolas said.

"Diversion of these funds will certainly set back the military buildup once again and could further jeopardize it altogether as it represents a softening of the commitment," San Nicolas stated.

San Nicolas said he has co-sponsored a resolution already being circulated that challenges Trump's proposed emergency declaration to build his wall. San Nicolas said he would send a letter to Gov. Lou Leo Guerrero urging her to implore Trump to exclude Guam projects from the emergency fund diversion.

Leon Guerrero is in Washington, D.C., this week meeting with federal officials.

Leon Guerrero issued a statement Wednesday saying her administration “is closely monitoring the situation and intends to meet with Trump administration officials ... to discuss concerns related to the military realignment, including the national emergency declaration and the H-2B ban on workers from the Philippines.”

Marine Corps Activity Guam spokesman Lt. Brett Lazaroff told The Guam Daily Post, "We currently do not have any details on any potential impact to the Marine Corps projects."

Joint Region Marianas community relations coordinator Tanya Mendiola referred all questions to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.