United Voices is calling on all mosques, churches, synagogues, schools, and nonprofit organizations across the country to immediately pause or withdraw any FY 2025 applications for grants administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — including the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) — until DHS removes two deeply unconstitutional conditions embedded in its FY 2025 Grant Terms and Conditions.

The two provisions in question — Section 9 and Section 17 — effectively transform public safety funding into a political loyalty test. No comparable conditions exist in grants administered by the Departments of Justice, Education, or State. DHS stands alone in this constitutional overreach.

Section 9: Your House of Worship Becomes an ICE Outpost

Under Section 9, any organization that accepts DHS or FEMA grant funding must share immigration status information with federal agencies, allow employees to cooperate with ICE enforcement operations, provide access to individuals sought by immigration authorities, and participate in joint DHS operations — all under penalty of perjury. Grant recipients are also prohibited from warning their own communities about upcoming immigration enforcement actions.

This is not a hypothetical threat. In January 2025, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s agency issued a directive authorizing ICE raids on sensitive locations — including churches, mosques, hospitals, and public demonstrations — reversing decades of federal protections for sacred spaces. Section 9 of the FY 2025 grant terms now codifies that same strategy, using federal safety dollars to conscript faith communities into immigration enforcement roles they were never meant to play.

Section 17: A Political Test Targeting Palestinian Rights Advocates

Section 17 requires grant applicants to certify they do not participate in any “discriminatory prohibited boycott.” The language is deliberately vague. DHS originally inserted explicit anti-BDS language in April 2025, requiring applicants to certify they do not boycott Israeli companies. After public backlash, the agency quietly removed the word “Israel” from its terms — but replaced it with this broad prohibition, which can be used to disqualify any organization that supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement or engages in any peaceful, rights-based economic advocacy.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the intent in public remarks, stating that DHS “will enforce all anti-discrimination laws and policies, including as it relates to the BDS movement.” United Voices rejects this framing entirely. Supporting a constitutionally protected boycott is not discrimination — it is free speech, and no federal agency has the authority to condition public safety funding on the surrender of First Amendment rights.

“No faith community should be forced to choose between securing its buildings and betraying its principles,” United Voices said. “These conditions cross a constitutional red line. They weaponize public safety funding to enforce political obedience — and every nonprofit in America, regardless of faith or cause, should be alarmed.”

United Voices is urging all affected organizations to contact their members of Congress and demand the removal of Sections 9 and 17 from all federal grant conditions. Organizations should also explore community-based safety alternatives — including mutual aid networks, private fundraising, and state or local grants — that do not carry political strings.

The right to worship freely, serve communities with integrity, and advocate for human rights cannot be made conditional on government approval. United Voices will continue pressing Congress and DHS to restore grant terms that respect the Constitution and the independence of civil society.