On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services said it was pausing the funding in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York because it had "reason to believe" the states were granting benefits to people in the country illegally.
The states argued the freeze on three grant programs lacked legal justification and caused immediate disruption, putting more than $10 billion in annual funding at risk.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Friday from cutting off more than $10 billion in social services and child care funding to five Democrat-led states over fraud concerns.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state Democratic leaders had accused the president of pursuing a political vendetta after he froze federal funding for social services programs.
A judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing access by five Democratic-led states to more than $10 billion of federal funds for child care and family
A federal judge in New York granted an emergency injunction late Friday afternoon, blocking the Trump administration from freezing $10-billion in funding to five Democratic-led states for child care and other social services.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from halting childcare subsidies in five states amid fraud allegations affecting needy families.
A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block child care and other federal social service money from flowing to five states for now. The administration said Tuesday
The administration targeted California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York when it announced a policy to freeze funds for three federal grant programs.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked HHS from halting $10 billion in social services funding to five states, a move the agency argued was necessary to crack down on fraud — but the states called unconstitutional.
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