Tying federal grant money for policing to cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security in enforcing immigration restrictions doesn’t violate the U.S. Constitution or the Administrative Procedure Act, the Ninth Circuit said.
Los Angeles alleged that federal funds allocated through the decades-old Community Oriented Policing Services grant program were improperly awarded in a way favoring cities that target immigration law violations.
The Justice Department, in awarding COPS grants in 2017, gave additional points to applicants that chose to focus on illegal immigration. It also gave extra points to cities that certified DHS could access their detention facilities to meet with ...