Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has scored another legal victory against President Donald Trump’s efforts to punish Chicago its status as a sanctuary city — this one with $50 million at stake.

In a ruling handed down Friday, a federal judge granted the city’s motion for a preliminary injunction challenging the decision by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to terminate a program created to reimburse cities for costs tied to the care and feeding of migrants.

The original lawsuit was filed in May by Chicago, Denver and Arizona’s Pima County.

It argued that the February 2025 funding freeze and the Trump administration’s subsequent decision to eliminate the program on grounds that it facilitated illegal immigration and was i

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