Illinois, along with 19 other states, won yet another victory in court Tuesday, with a federal judge siding with them and blocking the Trump administration from withholding federal transportation money over cooperation with its nationwide immigration blitzes.

Rhode Island District Judge John R. McConnell issued a permanent injunction barring the Trump administration from withholding the transportation money over “arbitrary and capricious” conditions it set for states to work with feds on immigration enforcement.

In his decision, he said the Department of Transportation “blatantly overstepped” its authority in an attempt to “coerce states into cooperating with federal civil immigration enforcement.”

“The Constitution demands the court set aside this lawless behavior,” the decision reads.

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