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Date Announced
April 13, 2018DOJ issues letters to Seattle, Oakland, and the State of Vermont, demanding the production of documents that could show whether each jurisdiction is violating 8 U.S.C. § 1373 by unlawfully restricting information sharing with federal immigration authorities. DOJ also notified Washington DC and Louisville that there is currently no evidence that their jurisdictions are out of compliance with § 1373.
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Effective Date of Change
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Subsequent Action
January 31, 2017The First, Third, Seventh and Ninth Circuits have found the DOJ's immigration-related conditions on Byrne/JAG grants to be unlawful. See City of Providence v. Barr (1st Cir. Case No. 19-802—Mar. 24, 2020); City of Philadelphia v. AG (3rd Cir. Case No. 18-2648—Feb. 19, 2019); Chicago v. Barr (7th Cir. Case No. 19-3290—Apr. 30, 2020); Los Angeles v. Barr (9th Cir. Case No. 18-56292—Oct. 31, 2019). The Second Circuit has found the conditions lawful. See New York v. DOJ (2nd Cir. Case No. 19-267—Feb. 26, 2020).
Subsequent Action
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Associated or Derivative Policies