Uncertainty reigned as state and local officials scrambled to determine the effects of President Trump's Tuesday directive pausing federal grant funding, which a judge halted shortly before it was scheduled to go into effect.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that she and other attorneys general are filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's federal spending freeze.

The temporary funding pause was temporarily blocked by a federal judge shortly before it was set to begin at 3 p.m. on Tuesday in Arizona.

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's suspension of most federal grants and federal aid. But Arizona is seeking an order to more permanently quash the White House's action,

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined 22 other Democratic state AGs to block a pause in federal aid put in place by the Trump administration.

Enforcement of tougher immigration policy has started in Arizona and in other parts of the country as President Donald Trump's administration enters its second week. Meanwhile, the fate of a new memo pausing distribution of federal grants and loans was challenged in the courts after hours of confusion Tuesday for entities and programs that typically receive billions of federal dollars.

Democrats said the move was an unconstitutional seizure of power over the federal budget and warned of disruptions in funding to local police, domestic violence shelters, food programs and more.

The move comes after the order sparked widespread criticism and confusion. A federal district judge had temporarily paused the freeze.