Administration says it has frozen child-related payments to certain states

President Trump visited Michigan on January 13, 2026, touring Ford’s River Rouge Complex in Dearborn and speaking about what he called a rapid economic turnaround in his first year back in office. In remarks and quotes published by the White House, he credited tariffs and his administration’s policies for lower inflation, higher real wages, and new auto investment, and he announced forthcoming housing measures including a ban on large institutional investors and a $200 billion mortgage-bond purchase. He also said the administration will create a new Department of Justice fraud division, pursue stricter measures against fraud tied to immigrants, and freeze certain federal payments to states and localities described as ‘sanctuary.’