MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Wisconsin has joined 21 other states Friday in asking a federal court to force the Trump administration to fully resume federal spending, citing concerns some agencies still have dealt with disrupting in accessing funds.

Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul joined the attorneys general in 21 other states and the District of Columbia in calling for a Rhode Island district court to issue a preliminary injunction, blocking any kind of federal spending freeze while the case plays out.

“We’re asking the court to bring the Trump administration fully into compliance with the order blocking the freeze and to keep the freeze blocked pending the court’s final ruling,” Kaul said in a statement.

The White House issued the freeze shortly after President Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump administration officials later clarified in a memo they were primarily targeting federal spending related to diversity, equity and inclusion, commonly known as DEI.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said while the Trump administration rescinded the memo, the freeze was still in effect. A federal judge temporarily blocked the freeze, but agencies receiving federal dollars have reported issues in accessing money.

The operator of the Head Start program in Waukesha County and Early Head Start programs in Waukesha and Washington counties said he had to close for several days after being unable to withdraw money via an online federal base he'd always used.

While the White House insisted Head Start funding would not be affected by the freeze, operators across the U.S. continue to report problems accessing money.

The attorneys general on Friday asked the court to enforce the order pausing the Trump administration's freeze amid its review of federal spending. They maintained the president does not have the power to act alone in enacting such a sweeping pause on funding.

"Plaintiff States do not contend that the Executive Branch can never make alterations to grants of federal funding," Friday's court filing read. "But it cannot do so via unilateral action untethered to the specific statutes, regulations, and grant or contract terms that govern each funding stream."