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US states sue Trump over program conditions

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2026-08-03 18:12 UTC → 2026-08-05 08:38 UTC · added removed

In late July 2026, a coalition of 24 U.S. states and the District of Columbia filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy that tied FEMA disaster‑relief grants to new election‑administration requirements and cooperation with immigration enforcement. The states argued that conditioning more than $1 billion in disaster funding on measures such as hand‑marked paper ballots, manual audits, voter‑roll reconciliation and immigration‑law assistance exceeded federal authority and violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution’s spending clause. A few weeks later, in In early August 2026, the same coalition of Democratic‑led states expanded its legal challenge to a separate Trump administration rule affecting the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The policy rule would allow federal immigration agencies the Administration for Children and Families to receive TANF recipient share personal data to verify of TANF recipients—including immigration status. status, Social Security numbers and home addresses—with other federal agencies, notably the Department of Homeland Security. The states contended contend that this data‑sharing directive similarly overstepped federal power, infringed oversteps the authority granted under the TANF statute, infringes on state control of eligibility verification, and could deter eligible families from applying. Both suits invoke the same legal grounds—administrative overreach and constitutional violations—highlighting a broader state pushback against federal attempts to link social and disaster assistance programs to immigration enforcement and election‑security measures.

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  1. 2026-08-05 08:38 UTC US states sue Trump over program conditions
  2. 2026-08-03 18:12 UTC US states sue Trump over program conditions

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