Judge Blocks Trump’s Tying of Transportation Funds to Immigration Enforcement
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Tying of Transportation Funds to Immigration Enforcement
A coalition of 20 states, most led by Democrats, filed a lawsuit last month. They argued that the administration was usurping Congress’s authority over spending. Judge John J. McConnell Jr., the chief judge of the United States District Court for Rhode Island, agreed.
A coalition of 20 states, most led by Democrats, filed a lawsuit last month arguing that the administration was usurping Congress’s authority over spending and using that power of the purse to to force states to adopt its policies.
Judge John J. McConnell Jr., the chief judge of the United States District Court for Rhode Island, agreed with the states. In a preliminary injunction issued Thursday, the judge said that their claims “are likely to succeed because the Defendants’ actions here violate the Constitution and statutes of the United States.”
He also said that the states ”face losing billions of dollars in federal funding, are being put in a position of relinquishing their sovereign right to decide how to use their own police officers, are at risk of losing the trust built between local law enforcement and immigrant communities, and will have to scale back, reconsider, or cancel ongoing transportation projects.”
Judge Blocks Trump’s Tying of Transportation Funds to Immigration Enforcement
A coalition of 20 states, most led by Democrats, filed a lawsuit last month. They argued that the administration was usurping Congress’s authority over spending. Judge John J. McConnell Jr., the chief judge of the United States District Court for Rhode Island, agreed.
A coalition of 20 states, most led by Democrats, filed a lawsuit last month arguing that the administration was usurping Congress’s authority over spending and using that power of the purse to to force states to adopt its policies.
Judge John J. McConnell Jr., the chief judge of the United States District Court for Rhode Island, agreed with the states. In a preliminary injunction issued Thursday, the judge said that their claims “are likely to succeed because the Defendants’ actions here violate the Constitution and statutes of the United States.”
He also said that the states ”face losing billions of dollars in federal funding, are being put in a position of relinquishing their sovereign right to decide how to use their own police officers, are at risk of losing the trust built between local law enforcement and immigrant communities, and will have to scale back, reconsider, or cancel ongoing transportation projects.”