A federal district judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of a federal law to stop illegal aliens from receiving welfare.
Judge Mary McElroy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island said several federal agencies failed to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when they skipped a notice-and-comment period required under the law.
The Act governs how the federal government proposes, adopts, and enforces regulations.
But McElroy’s ruling did not prohibit federal agencies from undertaking their reinterpretation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in the future in accordance with the APA’s required notice-and-comment period….