US EditionTwenty states sue over Trump's push to link grants to immigration enforcement
- On May 13, 2025, a group of Democratic attorneys general from 20 states initiated two lawsuits in federal court located in Rhode Island, challenging conditions imposed by the Trump administration on the distribution of federal funds.
- The lawsuits respond to the administration's demands that states comply with immigration enforcement and eliminate diversity programs or risk losing billions in transportation and disaster-relief funds.
- The lawsuits argue the executive branch lacks authority to impose such conditions since only Congress controls federal spending, and they assert these demands violate the U.S. Constitution.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned that the threats to withhold federal funding are imminent, while Tricia McLaughlin, a representative from the Department of Homeland Security, asserted that the legal challenges will not deter the administration's efforts to enforce immigration laws.
- The legal actions represent the latest effort by Democratic-led states to challenge Trump’s immigration policies, suggesting ongoing conflicts over federal authority and immigrant rights.
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Blue states sue DOT for tying infrastructure funding to immigration policy
Nearly all Democratic state attorneys general are suing the U.S. Department of Transportation for tying enforcement of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy to federal infrastructure funding. On Tuesday, May 13, 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the DOT and Secretary Sean Duffy. The federal complaint challenges the department’s notice to withhold infrastructure funding if recipients do not fall in line with Trump administr…
Attorney General James Sues U.S. Department of Transportation Over Illegal Attacks on Electric Vehicles
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 16 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and DOT Secretary Sean Duffy for illegally cutting off critical funding to support states’ plans to build a nationwide electric vehicle charging network. On January 29, the president signed an Executive Order calling for the elimination of the federal government’s nonexistent “electric…
New York sues to separate DOT funding from immigration enforcement
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXASTAR) — New York Attorney General Letitia James and 19 other state attorneys general sued the U.S. Department of Transportation on May 13 to block a rule that ties federal transportation money to immigration enforcement. The states don’t want to help enforce immigration policies or lose billions in funding for roads, trains, and airports, a choice outlined by Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy in a letter on April 24. …
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20 States Sue to Block Trump from Withholding Funds over Opposition to Mass Deportations
Twenty U.S. states have sued the Trump administration after it threatened to withhold billions of dollars in federal funds unless states cooperate with Trump’s mass deportation efforts. In a pair of lawsuits, the states argue Trump has exceeded his constitutional authority by dictating how federal funds should be spent, when only Congress has that power.
$6.2B CBP hiring plan features ‘considerable uncertainty’
The Trump administration is backing a plan to increase homeland security spending by $67 billion over the next decade, including $6.2 billion to ramp up hiring at Customs and Border Protection. But the Congressional Budget Office projects “considerable uncertainty” around CBP’s ability to meet the hiring targets funded under the House Homeland Security Committee’s proposal for the 2025 budget reconciliation package. The committee’s recommendatio…
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