A slew of Democratic-led states asked a federal court on Monday to lift the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $7 billion in public education money, accusing the Department of Education of unlawfully locking up critical funds Congress set aside to help low-income and immigrant students,

Washington is suing over federal cuts to a FEMA program to provide shelter and food to migrants with pending asylum or immigration cases.

Unable to adequately budget for the upcoming year, school districts have been scrambling for weeks. Democratic attorneys general are stepping in.

Providers say after-school programs and other services for the coming school year are threatened without the federal money, which was abruptly withheld.

Twenty states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in federal court in Rhode Island to stop the Trump administration from restricting access to health, education, and social service programs for people based on their immigration status.