US EditionTrump administration flouted court order on FEMA grant funding, US judge rules
Judge William Smith ruled the Trump administration unlawfully imposed immigration enforcement conditions on FEMA grants, affecting 20 Democratic-led states and violating federal law.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Smith in Providence ruled the Trump administration violated his September 24 order by imposing similar immigration conditions on FEMA grants.
- The department had originally imposed conditions that 20 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia said were designed to coerce them, while the President Donald Trump administration argued it was preserving enforcement ability.
- By inserting a conditional clause the administration sought to preserve enforcement, but U.S. District Judge William Smith said the `fig leaf conditional nature of the requirement makes little difference`.
- The court blocked enforcement and ordered the administration to remove new conditions from grant award documents by next week, ruling by U.S. District Judge William Smith blocked the measure.
- The case is one of many suits by Democratic attorneys general in New England that seek rulings blocking the administration’s immigration-related grant conditions in Rhode Island and other states.
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Times ArgusJudge accuses Trump administration of 'bullying' states
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A federal judge in Rhode Island on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of trying to “bully” states, including Vermont, into accepting conditions that require them to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get disaster funding after he…
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Judge accuses Homeland Security of bullying states into accepting conditions to get FEMA money
A federal judge in Rhode Island has accused the Trump administration of trying to “bully” states into accepting conditions that require them to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get disaster funding after he ruled those actions were unconstitutional.
Judge rejects immigration enforcement condition for FEMA grants
A federal judge rebuked the Trump administration Tuesday for “a ham-handed attempt to bully the states” that also defied his court order against conditioning eligibility for federal funds on cooperation with immigration enforcement. Judge William Smith of the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island, an appointee of George W. Bush, last month issued an order to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from requiring those conditions on state and …
Trump administration flouted court order on FEMA grant funding, US judge rules
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration had violated his previous court order by implementing a nearly identical policy that again made state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement a condition for receiving grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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