A coalition of 25 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island against the Trump administration, naming FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security as defendants. The lawsuit challenges updated policy guidance for the fiscal year 2026 Homeland Security Grant Program, which conditions 20% of disaster preparedness and counterterrorism grants on state compliance with federal voting and immigration-related mandates. Plaintiffs argue that hundreds of millions in congressionally allocated funds are being unlawfully tied to requirements including cross-checking voter rolls with DHS’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database.

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