Brian D. Lerner Immigration Attorney & Deportation Lawyer Blog

An internal memo revealed that the DOJ has repealed a policy put in place during the Trump administration that cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Cities, counties, and states that were recipients of the department’s popular $250 million annual grant program for local law enforcement, will no longer be required to cooperate with ICE as a condition of their funding. Maureen Henneberg, who leads the DOJ’s grant-making decisions, ordered staff to take down any pending DOJ grant applications with similar strings attached and start the process over again.

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