A federal judge blasted the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Homeland Security on Oct. 14, saying they’re trying to "bully" state and local governments into cooperating with President Donald Trump 's anti-immigration campaign if they want to receive federal disaster relief funds.

U.S. Senior District Judge William Smith in Rhode Island ruled Sept. 24 that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and DHS could not require states receiving FEMA money to help with the administration’s unprecedented deportation and crime-fighting efforts using DHS federal agents.

FEMA then sent out grant letters that included the same immigration enforcement conditions that the federal judge’s ruling had blocked. They warned that the conditions would immediately go into effect if Smit

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