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Summary
California and 20 other countries are suing the Trump administration for new immigration conditions for grants for victims of crimes.
General Prosecutor Rob Bont Monday submitted California 39th case against the Trump Administrationchallenging new immigration application requirements that put Regarding federal funding for victims of crimeS
Countries had to receive more than $ 1.2 billion in funding for federal crimes this year, with California expected to ask for $ 165 million. But last month, the casualties of the Crime of the Ministry of Justice of the United States announced that countries should agree to support and assist the Ministry of Homeland Security with the federal implementation of immigration to gain access to these funds.
Some countries believe that this condition is incapable and the potential loss of funding may be the second significant hit this year by the Trump administration to California programs that support victims of crime. Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice sliced For programs to prevent violence and victim service, which were originally estimated at $ 811 million. In California alone, the department has reduced just over $ 80 million.
“Congress has never set the conditions for the implementation of civil immigration of this funding, as it has nothing to do with immigration. This is an arrogant abuse of the President’s power,” said a press conference on Monday for the last case.
California and 20 other countries are suing the Trump administration for the potential reduction in the US District Court for Rod Island. States want the courts to prevent the Ministry of Justice from implementing the new rules.
The contested funding for victims of crime supports costs as a shelter for emergency, medical care for sexual assault, compensation for lost salaries and funeral expenses.
The lawsuit states that the Trump administration violates the US Constitution through touring the congress on how a program should be funded. The trial also claims that the Trump administration has violated the Administrative Procedure Act, a law that is the subject of most court cases that California has filed against the White House. The law says the Federal Agency should follow the procedures and explain its justification for a policy change.
Countries claim that the Ministry of Justice “arbitrarily relies on immigration -related factors that Congress did not authorize him to rely on the allocation of federal grants to support victims.”
Prosecutor General of Rod Island Peter Nerha said during a press conference that the new rules of the Ministry of Justice are contrary to his values. He gave the example of a child who is a victim of a sexual assault interviewed at a children’s advocacy center. “One question that should not be asked is whether this child is in this country legal or illegal,” he said.
The Fund of Crime Act has been signed by President Ronald Reagan In 1984S The law appeared following a report by Reagan’s 1982 operating group on the victims of crime, it is said that “neglecting victims of crime is a national shame,” according to the lawsuit on Monday. Among the recommendations of the report was “to adopt legislation on the provision of federal funding to support programs for compensation for victims of state crimes.”
In May California submitted Another two lawsuits Against the Trump Administration To bind the implementation of immigration to the financing of transportation and combating terrorism affecting billions of dollars in federal support.
Kayla Mihalovic is California local news.