US EditionStates say Trump administration has backed off ICE cooperation requirement for victims’ funds
The Trump administration dropped ICE cooperation conditions on nearly $1.4 billion in federal Victims of Crime Act funding, allowing states to support victim programs without immigration enforcement requirements.
- On Friday, the Trump administration backed away from requiring states to cooperate with immigration enforcement to access federal Victims of Crime Act funds, enabling support for nonprofits and state compensation programs.
- Officials from 20 states and Washington, D.C. joined a lawsuit challenging funding conditions that threatened to cut money for refusing civil immigration enforcement or denying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement access.
- The federal Victims of Crime Act pays about 75% of state compensation program awards, and every state and territory provides services including medical expense reimbursement, counseling, rape-kit testing, and grants.
- Faced with the lawsuit, officials say nearly $1.4 billion in victim funding will no longer be conditioned on ICE cooperation, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said the U.S. Department of Justice would remove the conditions.
- The same group of state attorneys general filed a separate joint lawsuit challenging funding bars for programs serving people in the country illegally, arguing these restrictions burden service providers and violate protections for marginalized communities.
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Several attorneys general from Democratic-led states say the Trump administration has stopped requiring states to cooperate with the president's immigration agenda in order to access federal funds for programs that assist crime victims.
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Sentinel and EnterpriseStates say Trump administration has backed off ICE cooperation requirement for victims’ funds
Associated Press Several Democratic state attorneys general say the Trump administration has backed away from requiring states to agree to cooperate with the president’s immigration agenda in order to access federal money for programs that help victims of crime. In a series of news releases Friday, several of the attorneys general announced that federal Victims of Crime Act money was being released, enabling the states to fund victim assistance …
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States say Trump administration has backed off ICE cooperation requirement for victims' funds
Several Democratic state attorneys general say the Trump administration has backed away from requiring states to agree to cooperate with the president’s immigration agenda in order to access federal money for programs that help victims of crime.
States say Trump administration has backed off ICE cooperation require
Several Democratic state attorneys general say the Trump administration has backed away from requiring states to agree to cooperate with the president’s immigration agenda in order to access federal money for programs that help victims of crime. In a series of news releases Friday, several of the attorneys general announced that federal Victims of Crime Act money was being released, enabling the states to fund victim assistance grants to nonprof…
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