Justice Department puts funding restrictions on sanctuary cities [View all]
Source: Mercury News
The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday it will withhold law enforcement grant money from cities that refuse to give federal immigration authorities access to their jails, intensifying a months-long feud between the federal government and so-called sanctuary cities.
The new conditions Attorney General Jeff Sessions unrolled would also require local jails to notify immigration authorities when an inmate who is facing deportation is released from local custody.
The move drew immediate condemnation from Bay Area immigrant-rights advocates.
“We expected it, that’s been the threat all along,” said Maricela Gutierrez, executive director of the San Jose-based immigrant rights organization, SIREN. “The fight continues. We know that the federal government is not really standing on solid ground. We know that the force of our community will continue to push back on anything that impacts our immigrant families.”
Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/25/justice-department-puts-funding-restrictions-on-sanctuary-cities/
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