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Federal Legislation and State Budget Moves

Recent federal legislation and state budget moves affect immigrants' access to benefits

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Feb 2, 2026

Which federal grants are most legally vulnerable to conditioning on local cooperation with immigration enforcement?

The -legislation-and-state-budget-moves">federal grants most exposed to legal challenge when conditioned on local cooperation with immigration enforcement are discretionary homeland‑security and justi...

Feb 1, 2026

How do state and local programs provide benefits or services to undocumented immigrants (examples: California, New York, Texas)?

States and localities can and do use their own funds and legal authority to provide benefits to in ways that generally bars, resulting in a patchwork of programs that range from full ‑style coverage i...