Judge blocks FEMA grant immigration‑cooperation rule

U.S. District Judge William Smith (D.R.I.) ruled that the Trump administration cannot require states to cooperate with immigration enforcement to receive certain FEMA disaster grants, granting summary judgment to 20 mostly Democratic states. In a 45‑page opinion issued Wednesday, the court called the DHS guidance linking grant eligibility to honoring ICE requests 'arbitrary and capricious and unconstitutional,' and noted plaintiffs face irreparable harm to emergency preparedness funding; the administration said it would likely appeal.