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DOJ Pulls Federal Grant Money from Sanctuary Jurisdictions


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Wed, Jul 26th 2017 @ 9:16 am EDT

The Department of Justice announced that any jurisdiction who refuses to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts will no longer be eligible to receive money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Programs (“Byrne JAG”). Congress can allocate up to $1.095 billion a year on the Byrne JAG program making it one of the DOJ’s largest federal grant programs for state and local jurisdictions.

In order for Byrne JAG recipients to receive the funds they will be required to:

https://www.numbersusa.com/news/doj-pulls-federal-grant-money-sanctuary-jurisdictions
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Re: DOJ Pulls Federal Grant Money from Sanctuary Jurisdictions
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2017, 11:15:33 pm »
Of course this is the right thing to do, but we must realize that it's not going to be "enough", at least in most cases.

The municipalities (and states) involved are going to "double-down", the loss-of-funding be damned. To them, this is (cough) principle.

So... they must be broken by force.

This will involve the use of federal agents, perhaps backed by federal troops.

Think "Little Rock, 1957"...