March 06, 2026
A group of public health organizations and scholars Friday urged a Rhode Island federal court to make permanent its order blocking the Trump administration from enacting a policy change basing access to a host of federally funded services on immigration status.
September 10, 2025
A Rhode Island federal judge Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy change requiring immigration status checks for a number of federally funded community services, saying a coalition of Democratic-led states is likely to succeed in its assertion that the move is unconstitutional, as well as arbitrary and capricious.
August 21, 2025
A group that fights to restrict immigration into the U.S. is urging a Rhode Island federal court to let the Trump administration narrow noncitizens' access to programs like Head Start, homeless shelters and food banks, arguing Thursday that a coalition of 20 states is trying to obstruct immigration enforcement and give benefits to "illegal aliens."
August 20, 2025
A Rhode Island federal judge seemed perplexed Wednesday by a government attorney's contention that for nearly 30 years, various administrations across the political spectrum have wrongly interpreted a law the Trump administration now says requires immigration status checks for additional federal benefits.
August 12, 2025
Federal health officials' reinterpretation of a decades-old social welfare law is expected to boot thousands of noncitizens from safety net programs. It has also prompted a wave of enforcement questions from healthcare providers and legal pushback.
July 22, 2025
A First Circuit panel refused to hit pause on a Massachusetts federal judge's order voiding cuts by the National Institutes of Health to hundreds of grant programs. Meanwhile, in California, a jury trial kicked off over allegations of unlawful information sharing between menstrual app developer Flo Health Inc. and Meta Platforms.
July 21, 2025
A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday for "upending" noncitizens' access to publicly funded programs like Head Start and food banks.