A freeze on federal funding that was announced Monday by President Donald Trump's administration caused concern across the country as states, municipalities and nonprofit groups experienced difficulties accessing already approved funding via federal online portals. By Wednesday, in response to a lawsuit against the proposal by a number of states, a federal judge issued a ruling ordering a temporary halt on the freeze and the Trump administration rescinded the memo and reversed the proposed freeze.

Here & Now will speak with representatives of two organizations affected by the proposed freeze and what the threat to federal funding could mean for their groups and communities.

Frederica Freyberg will speak with Jane Graham Jennings, executive director of The Women's Community, Inc., a Wausau-based domestic violence and victim services agency, about how the frenzied federal funding freeze threat impacted their work, which is supported by federal grants.

And, Oneida Nation Chairman Tehassi Hill will discuss how Trump's recent executive orders and memos — including the federal funding freeze's threat to money owed to tribes through trust and treaty obligations, as well as the potential for Indigenous people having their United States citizenship questioned amidst new immigration sweeps — could impact his and other tribal nations. 

Also this week, Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez, D-Milwaukee, will discuss her new legislative proposal that would prohibit state and local government officials from aiding in the detention of people based on their immigration status, as well as prohibit detentions from occurring in public buildings, schools, child care centers, health care facilities and places of worship, unless made by judicial warrant.

And, special projects journalist Murv Seymour will report on a Madison man’s mission to fight inhumane treatment in prisons.

Read and watch daily updates at pbswisconsin.org/news.

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