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August 21, 2026
LANSING – Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in filing an updated and amended lawsuit (PDF) over the illegal imposition of immigration-enforcement conditions on Congressionally-authorized public safety grants, including grants intended to keep law enforcement officers safe. Last year, the Trump administration, disregarding the clear letter of the law and intent of Congress, declared that states will be unable to access Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds unless they agree to the administration’s extreme immigration demands. The multistate coalition succeeded in getting the federal government to remove those conditions on more than $1.3 billion of VOCA funds.
This year, the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) has applied these illegal conditions to new grants, including funds dedicated to law enforcement and juvenile justice. Among the affected programs is the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Formula Grants (known as the Byrne JAG Program). The Byrne JAG Program was named after a rookie New York City Police Department officer who was ambushed in his patrol car while protecting a witness in a drug case in 1988. For decades, regardless of which political party held power, the Byrne JAG Program has been the leading federal source of criminal justice funding to state and local governments. The State of Michigan is expected to receive approximately $6 million from the program this year.
“Even after the Trump administration caved in its attempt to apply these unlawful conditions on funding for crime victims, they are back at it again – this time deliberately jeopardizing the public safety of Michiganders by unlawfully tying critical funding to push a political agenda,” said Attorney General Nessel. “These callous measures to strip law enforcement of resources will only further harm Michigan residents and cannot be allowed to occur.”
Civil immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility and not a state government responsibility. The Trump administration’s unlawful attempts to coerce states into doing their bidding conflict with core principles of American governance – the separation of powers and federalism. The administration’s actions violate the Administrative Procedures Act and the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution in multiple ways. As such, Attorney General Nessel and the coalition are requesting that the court declare the Trump administration’s actions unlawful and permanently enjoin any implementation or enforcement of these illegal conditions.
Joining Attorney General Nessel in filing this lawsuit are the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai'i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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