October 23, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Rhode Island federal judge to dismiss a suit lodged by Democratic-led states, saying the challenge to a policy barring federal grant funds from covering legal services for unauthorized or removable immigrants belongs in federal claims court.
October 01, 2025
Several state attorneys general sued the U.S. Department of Justice in Rhode Island federal court Wednesday over new restrictions prohibiting them from using federal funding that supports crime victims to provide services to "removable aliens," in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and the U.S. Constitution's spending clause.