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Tweet - "For years, the Department of Justice has tried to withhold Byrne-JAG violence prevention funds from local communities unless the communities adopt the Administration's preferred immigration policies. The law is clear that DOJ does not have the authority to do this."

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Date: April 27, 2020
Issues: Judicial Branch Immigration Criminal Justice

"For years, the Department of Justice has tried to withhold Byrne-JAG violence prevention funds from local communities unless the communities adopt the Administration's preferred immigration policies. The law is clear that DOJ does not have the authority to do this."

"I'm leading a group of 60 Senate & House Dems in filing an amicus brief with the 7th Circuit in support of the City of Evanston & the U.S. Conference of Mayors in their case against DOJ."

@SenatorDurbin


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