Court rules in favor of CT, 20 states in lawsuit over tying immigration enforcement to federal transportation funds

CTNewsJunkie – Wednesday, November 5, 2025
By Donald Eng

HARTFORD, CT — A Rhode Island federal judge has blocked the Trump Administration’s effort to impose immigration enforcement requirements on billions of dollars in annual U.S. Department of Transportation grants, according to Connecticut Attorney General William Tong. The final ruling follows multistate litigation and a preliminary injunction.

In issuing a permanent injunction, the court found that the Trump Administration has “blatantly overstepped their statutory authority, violated the APA, and transgressed well-settled constitutional limitations on federal funding conditions. The Constitution demands the Court set aside this lawless behavior.”

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