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US judge blocks Trump plan to tie states' transportation funds to immigration enforcement
- On June 19, 2025, U.S. District Judge John McConnell blocked the Trump administration from tying transportation grant funds to states' cooperation with immigration enforcement.
- The ruling followed a lawsuit by 20 Democratic-led states challenging Secretary Sean Duffy's April directive conditioning federal transportation funds on compliance with immigration enforcement laws.
- Judge McConnell ruled that the directive was arbitrary, lacked clarity on cooperation standards, and violated the Spending Clause by attaching unrelated immigration conditions to transportation grants.
- McConnell stated the injunction was necessary to avoid disruption to critical transportation projects, noting that states depend on these grants to maintain safe roads, airports, and transit services.
- The decision prevents the administration from withholding billions in grant money over immigration enforcement, suggesting limits on federal power to condition transportation funding on unrelated policy goals.
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Federal Court Rules Against Trump Plan to Condition Federal Transportation Grants to States on Cooperation with ICE Deportation Efforts
The ruling is the latest in long line of court decisions striking down executive efforts to attach conditions to federal grants that were not approved by Congress.
Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states' transportation funds to immigration enforcement
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding
Federal district judge rejects 'Duffy Directive' that ties DOT grants to immigration cooperation
Duffy made the announcement in April that states would lose funding for various infrastructure projects, like roads and bridges, if they support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts.
Judge Blocks Transportation Department From Withholding Funds From States That Defy Federal Immigration Policy
A group of Democratic attorneys general secured a favorable ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island on June 19 to temporarily block the Trump administration’s plan to withhold transportation grant funding for states that refuse to go along with its immigration polices. Two days earlier, in the wake of recent anti-immigration riots in Los Angeles rife with looting, destruction of personal property, and physical impediment of immigration officia…
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