FEMA Grants

On May 13, 2025, a coalition of attorneys general filed a lawsuit in Rhode Island against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to challenge a directive to cease federal funding to jurisdictions that do not assist the federal government in the enforcement of federal immigration law. We argue that that the immigration conditions exceed FEMA’s legal authority and that that the conditions are unconstitutional because Congress appropriated the billions of federal dollars to help states prepare for, protect against, respond to, and recover from catastrophic disasters.

Illinois, et al v. FEMA