Judge halts Biden’s race-based aid for farmers, says challenge is ‘likely to succeed’

A Wisconsin federal judge ordered a temporary halt to a $4 billion race-based federal relief program for farmers on Thursday. 

A group of White farmers had filed a lawsuit arguing the policy discriminates against them. 

Milwaukee District Judge William Griesbach issued a temporary restraining order, noting the White farmers “are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ” use of race-based criteria in the administration of the program violates their right to equal protection under the law,” according to NBC News. 

“The obvious…