A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to cease its freeze on FEMA grants after a lawsuit from 22 states and Washington, DC. Judge John McConnell found substantial evidence indicating that the administration's purported "manual review process" was designed to covertly enforce a freeze based on President Trump's executive orders, which violate a previous court injunction. The ruling mandates immediate compliance to ensure the timely disbursement of federal funds to the affected states, highlighting concerns over the administration's approach to funding for state disaster recovery efforts.
The record makes clear that FEMA's manual review process imposes an indefinite pause on the disbursement of federal funds to the States, based on funding freezes dictated in part by Trump's executive order.
The states have presented evidence that strongly suggests FEMA is implementing this manual review process based, covertly, on one of President Donald Trump's day-one executive orders that targeted sanctuary jurisdictions.
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