HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut won a court order that prohibits the Trump administration from forcing states to conduct immigration enforcement under the threat of withholding federal disaster help.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the victory on Thursday.

Tong said the administration threatened to withhold funding for emergency preparedness and preventing and addressing terrorist attacks, mass shootings, wildfires, floods, cybersecurity threats and more.

The district court for the District of Rhode Island on Wednesday granted a motion for summary judgement filed by Tong and 20 attorneys general in their lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.

In its opinion, Tong said the court held that the agencies violat

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