A coalition of 21 attorneys general, including Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, won their lawsuit over attempts to withhold nearly $2 billion in disaster relief funds from states with sanctuary cities, according to court documents.

The District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted summary judgment — where a case is ended without trial based on the mutually agreed upon facts — for the attorneys general against the Department of Homeland Security.

Judge William E. Smith rejected the “ arbitrary and capricious ” conditions laid out by President Donald Trump’s administration regarding immigration enforcement, saying the order was unconstitutional and violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

“Today’s opinion acknowledges that the Constitution gives Congress the power of the

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