The Department of Transportation on Tuesday dropped its appeal of a California court decision that blocked the Trump administration from withholding transportation funding to states that limit cooperation between local officials and immigration agents.
“I am pleased that the Trump Administration has accepted defeat and agreed to drop its appeal of this decision,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who led 21 other states in challenging DOT funding guideline, said in a statement posted to social media.
The lawsuit, filed by 21 states in May, came in response to an April DOT letter that threatened to withhold billions in transportation funding from states that fail to cooperate with federal immigration officials.