The Trump administration’s shutdown of a program that reimbursed entities providing services to noncitizens released from federal custody violated the Administrative Procedure Act, a federal judge ruled.
The US Department of Homeland Security’s stated rationale for the termination—that the program no longer effectuated agency priorities—"conflicts with the purpose for which Congress appropriated the funds,” Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington said Tuesday.
Washington state sued DHS and top officials after the Federal Emergency Management Agency terminated its $4 million grant under the Shelter and Services Program, which reimbursed entities for ...
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