Attorney General Clark and Coalition Secure Final Ruling Blocking Illegal Conditioning of Transportation Grant Funding

Attorney General Charity Clark and a coalition of state attorneys general today secured a permanent injunction from the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island blocking the Trump Administration's effort to unlawfully impose immigration enforcement requirements on billions of dollars in annual U.S. Department of Transportation grants. The final ruling follows multistate litigation and a preliminary injunction. In issuing a permanent injunction, the Court found that the Trump Administration has "blatantly overstepped their statutory authority, violated the APA, and transgressed well-settled constitutional limitations on federal funding conditions. The Constitution demands the Court set aside this lawless behavior."

Vermont receives more than $300 million per year in federal highway funds to support and maintain the roads, highways, railways, airways, and bridges that connect our communities and carry our residents to their workplaces and their homes. Neither the purpose of these grants, nor their grant criteria, are in any way connected to immigration enforcement.

A copy of the court's decision is available on our website.

CONTACT: Amelia Vath, Senior Advisor to the Attorney General, 802-828-3171