US Edition20 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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Illinois joins federal lawsuit against Trump plan to withhold crime victim funding
Attorney General Kwame Raoul moved Monday to block President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping Illinois and other states in the president’s immigration doghouse of millions of dollars in federal funding for crime victims.Raoul and 20 other Democratic attorneys general are co-plaintiffs in a new federal lawsuit against the Trump administration over plans to make crime victim grants contingent on states’ willingness to assist federal im…
States sue over DOJ demand to hand crime victims to ICE
More than 20 state attorneys general have filed suit against the Department of Justice (DOJ), alleging the Trump administration is unlawfully seeking to withhold critical funds for crime victims from states and nonprofits deemed noncompliant with its draconian immigration enforcement efforts. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Rhode Island on Monday, centers on three notices that DOJ posted last month for funding allocated by a deca…
CA joins lawsuit to stop Trump admin from withholding federal funds to crime victims
U.S. Department of Justice seal. (File image) A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge 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 enforcement efforts. The lawsuit filed Monday in Rhode Island federal court seeks to block the Justice Department from enforcing conditions…
Dem AGs Sue DOJ Over Crime Victim Funds Tied to ICE
A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge 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 enforcement efforts.
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