California, New York Sue US Over Funds Tied to Immigration
Agents enter an apartment building during a multi-agency targeted enforcement operation in Chicago in January.
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California, New York and 18 other states sued the Trump administration, claiming it illegally conditioned billions of dollars in federal funding on immigration enforcement.
A duo of lawsuits filed Tuesday in federal court in Rhode Island accused the administration of overstepping Congress by threatening to withhold funding for emergency preparedness and transportation infrastructure. States suing include Massachusetts, New Jersey and Illinois.