(The Center Square) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is calling for the Trump administration to end restrictions it has put on Victims of Crime Act grants.
The funding in jeopardy, which has already been appropriated by Congress, totals more than a billion dollars.
“Coloradans know that politicizing support for crime victims is wrong,” Polis said. “The Trump administration’s decision to withhold these funds is cruel and makes our communities less safe.”
The U.S. Justice Department has declared that states will not be able to access Victims of Crime Act funding unless they agree to support the administration’s immigration enforcement.
Colorado is one of 20 states that have joined together in suing over these restrictions on the funding, calling it in their lawsuit “unprecedented conditions.”
The Victims of Crime Act was first
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