Vanessa Romo
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had tied the disbursement of transportation grant funds for roads, highways, bridges and development of other transportation projects, to a state's cooperation with ICE. But on Thursday, federal Judge John McConnell issued a preliminary injunction against the policy.
The Trump Administration cannot withhold billions of dollars in transportation grant funding from Democrat-led states refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement, according to a ruling on Thursday.
Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, R.I., granted a preliminary injunction in the case filed by 20 states, saying "large-scale irreparable harm would occur without the preliminary injunction."
The Department of Transportation was unavailable for comment on the ruling late Thursday evening.
