20 States File Lawsuit Against FEMA’s Decision to Terminate Program

In a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Boston, the states contend that FEMA unlawfully terminated an infrastructure program.

Members of the National Guard and a FEMA search and rescue team in a file photo. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

A group of 20 states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a decision to shut down a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) program.

In a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Boston, the states contend that FEMA unlawfully terminated its Building Resilient Infrastructures and Communities (BRIC) program earlier in 2025 and said that only Congress can eliminate such a program.