The California attorney general’s office said Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, Attorney General secured an order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island enforcing a prior judgment that blocks the Department of Homeland Security from imposing immigration conditions on certain grant awards for fiscal year 2026.
The court found the FY 2026 immigration conditions were “materially similar” to conditions already enjoined and declared their imposition violated the 2025 injunction; the court enjoined DHS from enforcing the FY 2026 conditions against the plaintiff states and ordered DHS to reissue award letters without the challenged conditions.
California receives DHS funding every year for counterterrorism, urban-area preparedness, emergency preparedness, cybersecurity and similar programs that the attorney general’s office said are not connected to civil immigration enforcement; the court order prevents DHS from making those funds contingent on immigration-related cooperation.
Attorney General Bonta co-led a multistate coalition that filed a motion to enforce the prior judgment; the office said the coalition includes the attorneys general of Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
“Court after court has rejected the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempts to condition unrelated grant funding on supporting the President’s hateful immigration agenda,” said Attorney General Bonta.
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