5 Democratic States Sue Trump Administration Over $10 Billion Funding Freeze
The New York Times••nation
Key Points:
- Five Democratic-controlled states—New York, California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota—filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for freezing $10 billion in funding for child care subsidies, social services, and cash support for low-income families.
- The Department of Health and Human Services halted the funds citing unproven allegations of potential fraud by ineligible noncitizens, referencing a welfare fraud case in Minnesota unrelated to the targeted programs.
- The funding freeze threatens programs serving hundreds of thousands of low-income families, with New York expected to exhaust its resources by the end of January if the freeze continues.
- State officials accused the administration of using vulnerable families as political pawns to punish perceived opponents, noting a pattern of withholding funds in
