In June 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) received temporary relief from a nationwide injunction that had been delaying the release of Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) funds for fiscal year (FY) 2017.The court battle began in early 2017 when cities and states pushed back against Executive Order (E.0.13,768), signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which directed the DOJ to withhold Byrne JAG funds from jurisdictions that fail to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed state and local law enforcement to notify federal authorities 48 hours before an undocumented immigrant is released from custody and to give federal authorities access to undocumented immigrants who are incarcerated, including access to correctional facilities. If a city or state refused to comply with these directions, then that jurisdiction would lose out on its share of Byrne JAG dollars.
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