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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo and agencies

Federal judge blocks White House’s reductions of homeland security funding to states

The Department of Homeland Security and Fema cut more than $230m in federal grants for seven states and the District of Columbia.
The Department of Homeland Security and Fema cut more than $230m in federal grants for seven states and the District of Columbia. Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce federal homeland security funding, including for disasters, for states that do not comply with immigration enforcement policies.

US district judge Mary McElroy of Rhode Island, a 2018 Trump appointee, ruled on Monday that the latest case was “another example” of the Trump administration tying state and local government assistance to its immigration crackdown.

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