Judge stops Trump from tying DOT funds to immigration enforcement

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June 20 (UPI) -- A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump 's attempt to make federal transportation funding contingent on state compliance with his immigration policies. In his ruling Thursday, Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell of Providence, R.I., said not only does the Department of Transportation lack the authority to tie grant funding to immigration enforcement, but the directive also usurps Congress' power of the purse while being "arbitrary and capricious." "Congress did

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