MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin joins another lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and twenty other attorneys general are suing the administration in an effort to stop new restrictions on who can access certain safety net programs. Earlier this month, the administration issued a new set of rules and guidance aiming to prevent states from using federal funding to provide services for immigrants who are in the country illegally.
According to the state Department of Justice, the federal restrictions put more than $43 million in substance abuse and community mental health block grants at risk. That money funds services in all of Wisconsin’s counties and 11 Tribal nations.