Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Imposed Immigration Conditions on State Youth Program Grants

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration acted unlawfully by attempting to force states to assist with immigration enforcement as a condition for receiving federal grant funding for at-risk youth programs. The ruling, which protects over $667,000 for Oregon youth programs, throws out the immigration requirements and permanently blocks the federal government from using them as a condition for funding, asserting that Congress intended the funds to help children, not to advance a partisan anti-immigrant agenda.