"The grants were from the Homeland Security Grant Program, which provides states and local governments with "critical resources to plan for and prevent natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other emergencies," N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. Context: A George W. Bush-appointed judge in September struck down a Trump administration policy of withholding funding from states unwilling to cooperate with ICE, after D.C. and 20 states sued the DHS and FEMA."
"D.C. and the 11 states filed a fresh lawsuit that month, saying the DHS had indicated it was reallocating hundreds of millions of dollars of anticipated awards to "sanctuary jurisdictions" elsewhere. Others to join the suit U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy ruled on Tuesday are the attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington."
"Defendants' wanton abuse of their role in federal grant administration is particularly troublesome given the fact that they have been entrusted with a most solemn duty: safeguarding our nation and its citizens," wrote McElroy in the ruling in Rhode Island, which found the administration had violated the Administrative Procedure Act. To "hold hostage funding" for programs that are designed to protect Americans "based solely on what appear to be Defendants' political whims is unconscionable and, at least here, unlawful," McElroy added."
A George W. Bush-appointed judge struck down a Trump administration policy of withholding federal funds from states that would not cooperate with ICE. D.C. and multiple states sued DHS and FEMA and later filed a fresh lawsuit after DHS indicated plans to reallocate anticipated awards to "sanctuary jurisdictions." U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy found the administration violated the Administrative Procedure Act and criticized officials for abusing grant administration authority. McElroy characterized conditioning homeland-security funding on political whims as unconscionable. New York Attorney General Letitia James said politicizing safety funding was illegal and risky.
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