The department ended its effort to challenge a court ruling barring it from withholding federal grants over immigration enforcement.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) dropped its attempt to tie federal grant funding to cooperation with immigration enforcement operations, reports Graham Kilmer in Urban Milwaukee.
“In May, Wisconsin and 21 other states sued the federal agency, arguing transportation and immigration enforcement are unrelated and the Trump administration was attempting to “unlawfully usurp” congressional authority over spending.” In November, a U.S. District Judge ruled in favor of the states.
USDOT at first appealed the ruling, but dropped the appeal last week. The agency is now barred from withholding funding from state and local governments on the basis of not cooperating with immigration enforcement.
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