Overhaul OJP grants with rigorous vetting and immigration-cooperation conditions
Mandate treats OJP’s ~$7B grants as tools for presidential priorities, urging comprehensive review, tougher vetting, and conditions like Trump-era information-sharing that blocked sanctuary jurisdictions.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 17 (Justice) — Ensuring Proper Distribution of DOJ Grant Funds: immediate comprehensive review of grant disbursals; overhaul application process with more rigorous vetting and pre-application criteria; use conditions including compliance with federal immigration information-exchange law (sanctuary restriction model).
Undo plan
1) Rescind grant conditions that coerce local immigration enforcement beyond statute.
2) Award Byrne/JAG and similar funds on public-safety outcomes and civil-rights compliance.
3) Keep nondiscrimination and VAWA conditions; drop culture-war riders.
4) Publish transparent scoring rubrics.
5) Verify: which jurisdictions lost funds and crime/ victimization trends thereafter.