US judge blocks Trump from cutting migrants off from Head Start, other programs

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from barring migrants living in the U.S. illegally from accessing numerous federally-funded services, including Head Start preschools, health clinics and food banks.

U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Providence, Rhode Island, at the behest of 21 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, issued a preliminary injunction preventing rules from taking effect that imposed new immigration-related restrictions on a variety of programs.

(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Chris Reese)