States could lose infrastructure funding over immigration, DEI: Transportation secretary

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

04/24/25 2:44 PM ET


Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned states Thursday that they will lose federal funding for roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects if they continue to foster diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs; impede President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts; or defy other directives from the administration.

“Federal grants come with a clear obligation to adhere to federal laws,” Duffy said in a statement released alongside a letter that he sent to all recipients of Department of Transportation (DOT) funding. “It shouldn’t be controversial — enforce our immigration rules, end anti-American DEI policies and protect free speech.” “These values reflect the priorities of the American people, and I will take action to ensure compliance,” he added.

Duffy stressed in the letter that federal funding recipients, including states and local governing bodies, “entered into legally enforceable agreements with the United States Government and are obligated to comply fully with all applicable Federal laws and regulations.”

The Transportation chief specifically highlighted anti-discrimination laws and the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against affirmative action as the basis for pulling funds from states with DEI programs, and he wrote that providing driver’s licenses to migrants without legal status or hampering Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigations also will be considered grounds for withholding funds. DOT will “award and continue to provide Federal financial assistance only to those recipients who comply with their legal obligations,” Duffy wrote.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5265708-sean-duffy-donald-trump-agenda-dei-funding/

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And with respect to this -

"....and protect free speech.”

by censoring someone else's "free speech".

But remember - "Price of eggs", "Kitchen table issues", "Working class".

[Puppyjive]

1. Who is the dei-phobe in this administration?

I want to know. It is an illness.

[odins folly]

3. Miller

[Moostache]

4. That fucking ghoul is the most vile being on the planet...

other than whatever woman actually consented to marry him willingly...

[mdbl]

2. So basically he's saying taxation without representation

These assholes keep forgetting they aren't dictators.

[Falcon101]

5. States Rights

Dems need to run on protecting states rights which is ironic since it was a GOP thing at one time.

[mpcamb]

6. "Federal grants come with a clear obligation to adhere to federal laws" Laws GRANTED the money.

Decrees took it away.

WAKE THE F___ UP!

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. 'Feds could lose state funding over stupidity, dictatorial ways.'

It works both ways, Duffy doodle.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Gee, 'You will accept our ideology. There are no other options'. So much for American freedom. Welcome to Fascism.

[Septua]

9. What part of DEI is illegal?

Or what's the law that makes it illegal?

[Old Crank]

10. They need to put out explicit instructions

and guidance as to what they mean by DEI.
You can't follow guidelines that change like sand in the wind.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Any "response" would be like this

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. Its time for States like California to use their economic clout

Work on a way to be able to threaten how much they and other Blue States hand over to Red States because of DEI. Diversity, Equity, Inclusiveness of States that need that extra helping hand due to their failures and feeding off the system and not giving back.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. They actually did do something like that back in 2017 (and adding to the list in 2021)

California bans state-funded travel to Florida and 4 other red states

TX took it all the way up to the SCOTUS who batted their appeal away.