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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is having another bad day.
This time he's upset about the directive issued by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to “pause the distribution of all funds” to sanctuary jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal government on immigration enforcement.
The directive says that federal law provides that state and local jurisdictions "may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, [federal immigration officers] information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual."
Additionally, all departments that provide federal funding to NGOs are required to identify all contracts, grants, or other agreements with organizations that provide services to removable or illegal aliens, and to stop the use of any remaining funds to promote or facilitate the violation of Federal immigration law.
Lastly, Bondi's memo promises to pursue enforcement actions against jurisdictions that facilitate any violations of federal immigration law or that impede lawful Federal immigration operations.
“This is yet another attempt by the Trump administration to defund police and distract local law enforcement from serious public safety threats, including gun violence, reckless driving, domestic violence and the opioid epidemic," whined AG Tong, completely ignoring how illegal immigration directly contributes to the exact problems he describes.
"We are in federal court in Rhode Island and have already obtained a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s lawless funding freezes," Tong explained, once again promising to act if the Trump administration freezes any funding to Connecticut.
The directive revives a federal policy attempted during the first Trump Administration that resulted in $6.4 million in funding being withheld from local police in Connecticut through Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants.
Connecticut joined six other states led by New York in suing the U.S. Department of Justice in 2018 arguing that the Trump Administration’s immigration-related conditions on Byrne-JAG grants interfered with the rights of states and localities to set their own law enforcement policies. After appellate proceedings going up to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Biden DOJ agreed to remove the challenged conditions, allowing Connecticut and the other plaintiffs in the suit to access their withheld grant funds.
You can read AG Bondi's full directive below.
