马里兰州总检察长与22州联盟胜诉：法院永久禁止联邦为治安拨款附加移民执法条件
马里兰州总检察长 Anthony G. Brown 11月5日宣布，他与22州总检察长及宾夕法尼亚州州长组成的联盟在联邦法院胜诉：法院裁定特朗普政府为国会授权的公共安全拨款附加移民执法条件违法，并永久禁止其实施或执行这些条件。裁决由罗得岛联邦地区法院首席法官 John J. McConnell, Jr. 作出。
涉案拨款包括用于青少年司法的拨款、保障执法人员安全与打击犯罪的拨款等。此前，该联盟已成功促使联邦政府撤销对逾13亿美元《犯罪受害者法》（VOCA）资金附加的条件；有数十年历史的 Edward Byrne 纪念司法援助拨款（Byrne JAG）——联邦对州与地方刑事司法拨款的主要来源——同样受到这些条件影响。
Brown 表示，联邦政府以削减警察与暴力预防项目资金相威胁，迫使马里兰州替华盛顿做移民执法工作，危及马里兰居民的安全；这一裁决保住了维护本州执法与社区安全的资源。
马里兰州方面举例称，Baltimore 市警长办公室的 Safe Pathways 项目使用 Byrne 州危机干预计划资金开展枪支安全存放教育、社区外展、行为健康转介与暴力预防，已服务逾17,000人、举办97场外展活动、提供890次枪支安全培训。参与诉讼的还包括加利福尼亚州、纽约州、伊利诺伊州等州的总检察长与宾夕法尼亚州。
（来源：马里兰州总检察长办公室）
Maryland Attorney General Brown and Coalition Win Court Ban on Immigration Conditions for Public Safety Grants
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced on November 5 that a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general and Pennsylvania's governor secured a court victory stopping the federal government's imposition of unlawful immigration-enforcement conditions on congressionally authorized public safety grants, including grants for juvenile justice and for keeping law enforcement officers safe. Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island declared the administration's actions unlawful and permanently enjoined implementation or enforcement of the conditions.
The coalition had previously succeeded in getting the federal government to remove such conditions on over $1.3 billion of Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds. The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne JAG), for decades the leading federal source of criminal justice funding to state and local governments, was also affected by the conditions.
Brown said that by threatening to pull funding from police and violence prevention programs, the administration risked Marylanders' safety to pressure the state into doing Washington's immigration work, and that the ruling secures the resources that keep Maryland law enforcement and communities safe.
In Maryland, the Baltimore City Sheriff's Office Safe Pathways project uses Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program funds for firearm safe-storage education, community outreach, behavioral health referrals and violence prevention, serving more than 17,000 individuals through 97 outreach events and 890 firearm safety trainings. Attorneys general of California, New York, Illinois and other states, as well as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, joined the lawsuit.
(Source: Maryland Attorney General)
来源：马里兰州总检察长办公室
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