A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Wednesday from coercing states to enforce federal immigration priorities in exchange for disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

In March and April, FEMA issued directives conditioning billions in federal grant funds on state cooperation with immigration enforcement in line with President Donald Trump's anti-immigration agenda.

In May , 20 states, led by Illinois, filed a 79-page complaint , alleging the "grant funding hostage scheme" violates the U.S. Constitution's spending clause as well as numerous aspects of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the federal statute governing agency behavior.

"By hanging a halt in this critical funding over States like a sword of Damocles, Defendants impose immense harm o

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