Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined 21 other states' Attorneys General in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for requiring states to support its immigration enforcement efforts in order to receive federal funds to help crime victims.
The complaint challenges the Trump Administration policy of withholding more than $600 million in Congressionally authorized funds to support victims and survivors of crime from states who refuse to support Trump's immigration enforcement efforts.
Congress enacted the Victims of Crime Act more than 40 years ago to provide grants for advocacy services; medical, funeral and burial expenses; and lost wages.
In the last four years Maine received more than $22 million in Victim Compensation and Assistance funding.
