President Trump's deal to bring Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn to the state of Wisconsin on a $3 billion package deal chock-full of tax incentives brought up questions about the Trump administration engaging in crony capitalism.

According to a new lawsuit, eminent domain has come into focus as well.

On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that dozens of Wisconsin homeowners living near the site of the future Foxconn manufacturing plant are fighting back in court, by filing an injunction on Monday to stop construction of the factory because the government is infringing on their constitutional rights by incorrectly using eminent domain to take their homes.

Erik Olsen, an attorney for the property owners, says the Village of Mount Pleasant claims to be using eminent domain for public projects, such as roads and utilities, but that the real purpose for taking their land is to build the Foxconn factory. The village is reportedly obtaining 18 acres of homeowner land. Meanwhile, Alan Marcuvitz, the attorney representing Mount Pleasant, said the lawsuit won't halt construction of the factory, and that the lawsuit doesn't have "any merit."

President Trump, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (who represents the district), and Gov. Scott Walker have vigorously defended the move to bring Foxconn to the United States, saying it brings anywhere from 3,000 to 13,000 jobs to the United States. Conservatives have criticized the deal as a prime example of crony capitalism, alleging the government is picking winners and losers in the private sector.

The issue of eminent domain has come up frequently when President Trump discusses building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. However, with respect to bringing companies and jobs back to the United States, the use of eminent domain to further projects approved by the Trump administration seems, at the very least, like an unintended consequence. But, at the same time, they could have (perhaps should have) known something like this would happen by building in a suburb of Milwaukee.

It's not a good look for the Trump administration and Republicans. They're treading dangerously close to becoming the thing they claim to hate: a big, overreaching government.

Siraj Hashmi is a commentary video editor and writer for the Washington Examiner.