{"id":2449721,"date":"2025-06-20T08:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-pulling-states-transportation-funding-over-ice-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T08:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:43:49","slug":"judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-pulling-states-transportation-funding-over-ice-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-pulling-states-transportation-funding-over-ice-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks Trump administration from pulling states\u2019 transportation funding over ICE cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-trump-administration-from-pulling-states-transportation-funding-over-ice-cooperation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2449721&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump governance, blocking it from requiring 20 predominantly Democratic states to work with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-nominate-texas-sheriff-to-lead-ice\/\" title=\"Biden to Nominate Texas Sheriff to Lead ...\">federal immigration enforcement<\/a> (ICE) to receive substantial transportation funding. chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell stated that this condition violated the constitution and emphasized that Congress had not authorized the Secretary of Transportation to impose such immigration enforcement conditions on the funding. The ruling came following a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, including California&#8217;s Attorney General Rob Bonta, who argued that the administration was unlawfully coercing states into compliance with its strict immigration policies by threatening to withhold essential transportation funds. Bonta described the administration&#8217;s actions as both immoral and illegal, framing the funds as critical for maintaining and improving infrastructure rather than as leverage in immigration policy debates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge blocks Trump administration from pulling states&rsquo; transportation funding over ICE cooperation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2150427\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-goes-to-war-over-big-tech-heres-why-this-battle-matters\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Goes To War Over Big Tech: Here\u2019s Why This Battle Matters\">federal judge blocked<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> on Thursday from requiring 20 mostly Democratic states to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation funding.<\/p>\n<p>Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a preliminary injunction that barred the administration from enforcing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3443327\/duffy-pledges-pull-funding-state-actors-bucking-immigration-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">new immigration rules<\/a> for &ldquo;the States and their governmental subdivisions&rdquo; while the lawsuit plays out in court. He said that requiring the states to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to receive congressionally appropriated transportation funding violated the Constitution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3448038\/fbi-alleged-cover-up-chinese-2020-plot-wray-legacy\/\">FBI&#8217;s alleged cover-up of Chinese 2020 plot marks another stain on Wray&rsquo;s legacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3448359\/appeals-court-allows-trump-keep-control-california-national-guard\/\">Court allows Trump to retain control of California National Guard, blocking Breyer order<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3447516\/ice-lawmakers-request-visits-72-hours-in-advance\/\">ICE asks lawmakers to request visits 72 hours in advance amid Democratic pushback<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Congress did not authorize or grant authority to the Secretary of Transportation to impose immigration enforcement conditions on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal dollars specifically appropriated<\/a> for transportation purposes,&rdquo; McConnell wrote.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell wrote that the Trump administration&rsquo;s policy &ldquo;is arbitrary and capricious in its scope and lacks specificity in how the States are to cooperate on immigration enforcement in exchange for Congressionally appropriated transportation dollars &mdash; grant money that the States rely on to keep their residents safely and efficiently on the road, in the sky, and on the rails.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-duffy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sean Duffy<\/a> told states in April they could lose transportation funding if they do not cooperate with federal law enforcement, including ICE.<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed suit against the administration, arguing it was unlawfully withholding federal funds to coerce them into adhering to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-officials-charge-la-anti-ice-rioters-over-protest-violence\/\" title=\"California officials charge LA anti-... rioters over protest violence\">hard-line immigration agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3355766\/democratic-attorneys-general-resistance-trump-2-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS GENERAL EMERGE AS SOME OF THE ONLY REAL RESISTANCE AGAINST TRUMP 2.0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a plaintiff in the case, hailed the ruling in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump is threatening to withhold critical transportation funds unless states agree to carry out his inhumane and illogical immigration agenda for him. He is treating these funds &mdash; funds that go toward improving our roads and keeping our planes in the air &mdash; as a bargaining chip,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s immoral &mdash; and more importantly, illegal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2150427\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2150427\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge halts Trump from linking state funding to ICE cooperation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2449722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sean-Duffy-first-day.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[53588,32691,40985,3634],"class_list":["post-2449721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ice-cooperation","tag-judge-ruling","tag-transportation-funding","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sean-Duffy-first-day.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449725,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449721\/revisions\/2449725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}