But as we are working together on a bipartisan basis to advance these bills, I also want us to confront a serious and growing threat to how these programs are funded and administered. The Department of Justice has issued a sweeping and likely unlawful directive that threatens to cut off vital public safety grants to jurisdictions, not because they've misused funds, not because they fail to serve their communities, but because they don't align with the administration's political views on immigration enforcement. I like to call it what it is. It's an attempt to turn what is supposed to be nonpartisan public safety funding into a political weapon. (00:44–01:08)
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Asserts that the Department of Justice is threatening to cut off public safety grants based on political views on immigration.
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