A federal judge has ruled that the White House cannot withhold federal grants from Boston and dozens of other sanctuary cities. The decision underscores the limits of the administration’s power to impose immigration-related conditions on grants that address unrelated areas.

A federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s latest attempt to withhold funding from an additional 34 sanctuary cities and counties. This new motion builds on an earlier order that already covered more than a dozen other municipalities, including Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle.