A Judge Is Blocking Trump From Stopping Payments to Daycare Fraudsters

Joseph Chalfant | January 10, 2026 10:00 AM

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s decision to freeze $10 billion in childcare funding to blue states suspected of widespread fraud.

🚨 BREAKING: Biden DEI Judge Arun Subramanian just unilaterally BLOCKED President Trump from defunding childcare in 5 blue states due to fraud

He was hailed as the "first South Asian American judge" confirmed to the SDNY

IGNORE AND DEFUND! He thinks he's president. Unreal.… pic.twitter.com/ctmZGI39Uu
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 10, 2026

Judge Arun Subramanian, a federal judge appointed by President Joe Biden at the recommendation of Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2022, granted 14 days of relief to bar the Trump administration from freezing federal funds to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.

The Trump administration made the decision to freeze the funds after concerns grew that vast amounts of fraud were taking place in Democrat-run states. The announcement was made just days after the multi-billion-dollar Somali-led fraud was discovered across Minnesota.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller responded quickly after the ruling was handed down, saying on X: “Federal district court judge rules taxpayers must fund infinite refugee daycare scams. This is not a legitimate system. This is not democracy.”

Federal district court judge rules taxpayers must fund infinite refugee daycare scams.

This is not a legitimate system. This is not democracy. https://t.co/W9WmsqI01l
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) January 10, 2026

Subramanian’s ruling was not based on the legality of the decision, but was meant to “protect the status quo” until legal arguments could be made in court.

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Arun Srinivas Subramanian, a Biden-appointed federal judge in New York City, just illegally ordered that President Trump can’t pause federal childcare grants to stop the rampant fraud by Somali war lords, pirates, and other fraudsters.

Today’s Democrats hate America. pic.twitter.com/iazGnAF5Hw
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) January 10, 2026

Arun Subramanian is a United States District Judge serving on the Southern District of New York who just issued an injunction to force the Trump administration to hand over our tax dollars to support fraudulent daycare centers all over the country.

He was appointed by Joe Biden… pic.twitter.com/vJKGvSC3Kd
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) January 10, 2026

Editor's Note: Unelected federal judges are hijacking President Trump's agenda and insulting the will of the people.

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