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A federal judge accused the Trump administration of violating a court order by tying disaster aid to immigration enforcement cooperation.

The judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to remove language about immigration enforcement from grant award documents.

Twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the administration, arguing the policy unconstitutionally coerces them.

The states argued that billions in critical funding for first responders and disaster mitigation were being held hostage.

PROVIDENCE – A federal judge in Rhode Island is accusing the Trump administration of violating a court ruling by continuing to tie the payment of federal disaster assistance grants to states to their cooperation with immigration enforcement.

In an order issued T

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