Original Date Announced

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU's purpose is to ensure undocumented noncitizens do not benefit from HUD's housing programs, stating that greater collaboration will enable the two departments to "identify illegal aliens who are ineligible for Federal housing assistance and take remedial measures to end this waste and abuse, including referral for immigration enforcement actions."

Trump 2.0 [ID #1645]

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.04.15 Reported: DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs - The Washington Post

Washington Post reports the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is using HUD data to identify and kick "mixed-status" households out of public housing. Mixed-status households are homes in which an undocumented family member ineligible for public housing is allowed to live together with eligible family members.

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.05.02 Complaint - Martin Luther King, Jr. County, et al., v. Scott Turner, et al

Three Washington State counties, Martin Luther King, Jr., Pierce, and Snohomish; the City and County of San Francisco; Santa Clara County, CA; Boston; and New York City filed suit against HUD, DOT, and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), challenging conditions placed on federal funding under Executive Orders 14173, 14218, 14288, 14168, and 14182. The plaintiffs allege the agencies are unlawfully pressuring grant recipients to implement President Trump’s policy agenda and adopt positions contrary to established law. They argue the funding conditions violate the separation of powers, the Spending Clause, the Tenth Amendment’s anti-commandeering principle, the Fifth Amendment’s void-for-vagueness doctrine, and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief to block the conditions' enforcement.

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