The lawsuit follows a series of high-profile disputes over how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its subagency FEMA distribute homeland security grants. The Trump administration has signaled it intends to continue defending its discretion to direct homeland security funds. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker previously criticized federal cuts, directing state agencies to report the effects of what he called "illegal and unconstitutional federal funding cuts" on Illinois communities. The court will decide whether to extend McElroy’s TRO into a longer preliminary injunction, which would keep the FEMA homeland security grants available while the case proceeds. Both sides will submit fuller legal arguments and the Department of Homeland Security may be ordered to produce its internal decision record.