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Despite threats, 'sanctuary' cities are getting their grants
kxan ^ | Mar. 2, 2019 | AP

Posted on 03/02/2019 8:45:21 AM PST by bgill

About 18 months after the Trump administration threatened to withhold law enforcement grants from nearly 30 places around the country it felt weren't doing enough to work with federal immigration agents, all but one have received or been cleared to get the money, the Justice Department said. In most cases, courts chipped away at the crackdown that escalated in November 2017 with letters from former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to 29 cities, metro areas, counties or states it considered as having adopted "sanctuary policies" saying those policies may violate federal law. Of those 29 jurisdictions — which include cities as large as Los Angeles and as small as Burlington, Vermont — only Oregon has yet to be cleared to receive the grants from 2017, a Justice Department spokesman told The Associated Press this week. Vermont officials announced Monday that they had been told the state Department of Public Safety would be getting $2.3 million in law enforcement grants that had been blocked. Vermont had not joined any of the legal cases, instead corresponding directly with the Justice Department. U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, declared victory

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: grants; illegals; sanctuarycities

Denver hearts ILLEGALS.

1 posted on 03/02/2019 8:45:21 AM PST by bgill
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To: bgill

Yeah im really worried if Trump knew about a meeting or any other bs “crime”, when the democrats and RINOS are openly committing this crime against America.


2 posted on 03/02/2019 8:50:45 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: bgill

Illegals, not immigrants.
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Right.

We must stop the left from destroying our shared language.
The legal immigrant has followed the law.
The illegal is not undocumented but is by definition “illegal.”

Let’s not tolerate this from the California Lite people of Colorado. The late Hunter Thompson and the others.

Illegals are, well, illegal and must go to jail.


3 posted on 03/02/2019 8:52:24 AM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finishid.)
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To: bgill

They need to be auditing those grants non-stop and if even one Penny is misspent they need to come down on them with both feet. Penalties, jail time, what ever they can dish out.


4 posted on 03/02/2019 9:05:20 AM PST by McGavin999 (Border security without a wall is like having a Ring doorbell without a door)
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To: bgill

“In most cases, courts chipped away at the crackdown “

Like everything else Pres. Trump tries to do to make us safer. Some liberal judge steps in, assumes the Executive Branch mantle and puts the kibosh on it.


5 posted on 03/02/2019 9:13:48 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: bgill

WHY? TRUMP WHERE OR WHO ARE YOU ON THIS?

Still have the enemy within or is that your daughter and her dems husbands plans?


6 posted on 03/02/2019 9:22:26 AM PST by ldish (Have had enough...you??????)
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To: McGavin999

“They need to be auditing those grants non-stop ..”

I hate to admit it but that used to be my job working for DOJ long before it was totally corrupted. Every grant had “special conditions” appended which had to be met. Cooperation with federal immigration authorities should be one of those conditions.


7 posted on 03/02/2019 9:30:43 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus" maneo)
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To: bgill

Why is FedGov even giving out these grants in the first place? Get rid of them, sanctuary city or not, and lower taxes a little bit!


8 posted on 03/02/2019 10:43:44 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: bgill

17/18 Congress failed big time.

Sabotaged by Ryan et al.


9 posted on 03/02/2019 10:45:58 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Disgusting. These anti-lawful-society jurisdictions shouldn’t get a dime. Actually, the leaders should be arrested


10 posted on 03/02/2019 3:26:04 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen
John Culberson busted his butt to get Loretta Lynch to sign off on this.

And yet, the DOJ ignores and keeps doling out money to those states.

Yes, totally disgusting.

11 posted on 03/02/2019 4:14:54 PM PST by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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To: bgill

Why is this happening? is Trump not pushing enough? or is it beyond his control?

Also this should be taken to the SCOTUS. Don’t let unelected liberals judges run the country (seems like they are)


12 posted on 03/03/2019 9:58:01 AM PST by Cubs Fan
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