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Choose blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

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Choose 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. Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, ruled that the Transportation Department lacked authority to require the states to cooperate with … Read more

Decide blocks Trump administration from deploying members of California Nationwide Guard in L.A., pauses personal order

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Decide blocks Trump administration from deploying members of California Nationwide Guard in L.A., pauses personal order

A judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, writing Thursday that the federal government did not have the authority to nationalize California’s National Guard. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the temporary restraining order after an hourlong hearing in a San Francisco federal court. California’s attorney general challenged the deployment, … Read more