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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

AG Sessions says Sanctuary Cities may see Fed. Grant Cuts

Moments ago Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a surprise appearance at Sean Spicer's daily White House press briefing to announce that his DOJ will be taking steps to not only require that so-called "sanctuary cities" enforce federal immigration laws but would also be seeking to claw back past DOJ awards granted to those cities if they refuse to certify compliance.

"Today, I'm urging states and local jurisdictions to comply with these federal laws. Moreover, the Department of Justice will require that jurisdictions seeking or applying for DOJ grants to certify compliance with 1373 as a condition for receiving those awards."

"This policy is entirely consistent with the DOJ's Office of Justice Programs guidance that was issued just last summer under the previous administration."
"This guidance requires jurisdictions to comply and certify compliance with Section 1373 in order to be eligible for OJP grants. It also made clear that failure to remedy violations could result in withholding grants, termination of grants and disbarment or ineligibility for future grants."

"The DOJ will also take all lawful steps to claw back any fines awarded to a jurisdiction that willfully violates Section 1373."

Sessions also called on states like Maryland and California to scrap their plans for becoming a sanctuary state.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maryland state tax will rise to a level to make up for the grants.

Anonymous said...

Just a little off subject , I was just watching the weather channel 8:45 am . They are now politically involved with the Trump administration. It was all about the clean power act of the obama admin. and Trump getting rid of it.
The weather is what I'm interested in , not some liberal opinion from a weatherman.