Biden’s DOJ Awarded $300 Million in Taxpayer Money to Sanctuary Cities; Justice Department Spent $300 Million in 2021 Subsidizing Sanctuary Cities: Report

Biden’s DOJ Awarded $300 Million in Taxpayer Money to Sanctuary Cities:

President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) gave hundreds of millions in American taxpayer money to sanctuary cities, those jurisdictions protecting illegal aliens from arrest and deportation, in 2021, new data reveals.

Federal data compiled by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) shows that in 2021, Biden’s first year in office, the DOJ awarded about $300 million to 11 sanctuary states and 86 sanctuary counties and cities that refuse to turn criminal illegal aliens over to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency for arrest and deportation.

The taxpayer money was funneled to the sanctuary jurisdictions through three DOJ grant programs: the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), the Byrne Justice Assistance Grants (JAG), and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.

CIS researchers Jessica Vaughan and Nathan Desautels wrote:

The awards to sanctuaries represented more than 40 percent of the available funding under these programs. Sanctuary jurisdictions are receiving this funding despite having adopted policies to hinder cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration authorities. As a result, the federal government is subsidizing agencies that may be violating federal law and undermining public safety. [Emphasis added]

The majority of SCAAP and Byrne JAG program funding went to sanctuary jurisdictions in 2021; 58 percent of the SCAAP funding and 68 percent of the Byrne JAG funding went to sanctuaries, while 28 percent of the COPS funding went to sanctuaries. [Emphasis added]

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Justice Department Spent $300 Million in 2021 Subsidizing Sanctuary Cities: Report

Department of Justice (DOJ) grant programs fund sanctuary states and localities that undermine immigration law and protect illegal aliens from federal authorities, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Center for Immigration Studies.

The report focuses on three federal funding programs— the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), the Byrne Justice Assistance Grants (JAG), and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.

More than 40 percent of the available funds across these three programs were awarded to sanctuary cities, despite having adopted policies that hinder immigration law enforcement by federal agencies.

The Center for Immigration Studies found that nearly $300 million was allocated to sanctuary jurisdictions in 2021 alone.

The top recipients of the DOJ funds include Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Portland, Maine, received $207,004 in 2021 from the COPS program to help fund community policing efforts, according to the report.

Portland codified its status as a sanctuary city in 2017, under an ordinance which directed local authorities not to comply with federal immigration detainers of criminal aliens.

President Donald Trump used an executive order in 2017 to block sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving federal funds until they complied with federal immigration law. —>READ MORE HERE

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