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Judge rules Trump administration can't require states to help on immigration to get transportation money

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Twenty states sued after they said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to cut off funding to states that refused to comply with President Donald Trump ’s immigration agenda.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. barred federal transportation officials from carrying out that threat before the lawsuit is fully resolved.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell welcomed the ruling.

VR Score

72

Informative language

73

Neutral language

3

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

70

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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1

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