20 states and DC sue DOJ to stop immigration requirements on victim funds
The lawsuit challenges conditions linking federal crime victim grants to state cooperation with immigration enforcement, affecting about 10 million people annually, the attorneys general said.
- A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general sued the Department of Justice for unlawfully withholding $1 billion in grants for victims of crimes.
- The Victims of Crime Act funds help about 10 million crime victims annually and aid states in providing victim services like shelters and therapists.
- The attorneys general argue the DOJ is illegally tying immigration enforcement requirements to the funds, exceeding its authority and violating the Constitution.
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Rutland Herald
Times ArgusStates sue DOJ to stop immigration requirements on victim funds
MONTPELIER – Vermont’s Charity Clark this week joined a coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., asking a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if states…
A coalition of 20 state attorney generals and Washington, DC, is calling on a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds for crime victims if states fail to cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration control efforts.
Delaware and Maryland join other Democratic AG's in latest lawsuit against the Trump administration
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings and Maryland's Anthony Brown announced Monday that they are part of 21 state attorneys general suing the Trump Administration over tying the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grants to states’ cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Cal Matters
California sues Trump over new conditions on funding for crime victims
In summary California and 20 other states are suing the Trump administration over new, immigration-related conditions on grants for crime victims. Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday filed California’s 39th lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging new immigration enforcement requirements it placed on federal funding for crime victims. States were set to receive more than $1.2 billion in federal crime victim funding this year, with…
States, DC sue DOJ to get victim funds
A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., asked a federal judge Monday to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if states don't cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration…
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