"Since President Trump took office in January, his administration has tried to force the states into submission on a host of policy fronts by cutting off federal funding, part of a drive to bypass Congress and vastly expand executive power. Repeatedly when those cuts have been challenged in court, the administration has shifted its approach to go after the same or similar funding from a slightly different angle - prompting more litigation."
"The administration then took a different tack, announcing that community organizations that receive such funding from the states - and use it to help people escape violence, access shelter and file for restraining orders against their abusers - generally may not use it to provide services to undocumented immigrants. California and other states sued again, arguing that the requirements - which the administration says the states must enforce - are similarly illegal and dangerous."
Millions of dollars in federal grants for domestic violence survivors and other crime victims were conditioned on compliance with immigration enforcement, with the Office for Victims of Crime directing limits on funding use for undocumented immigrants. California, 19 other states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits alleging that those preconditions and enforcement mandates are illegal and would undermine public safety. Advocates warned that screening immigrant survivors out of programs providing shelter, escape assistance and restraining-order help would be cruel. The administration repeatedly shifted tactics after legal challenges, producing a mounting legal conflict between the federal government and blue states.
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