DOJ drops immigration-related restrictions for states' domestic violence services [View all]

Source: Reuters

DOJ drops immigration-related restrictions for states' domestic violence services

By Nate Raymond
November 24, 2025 4:31 PM EST Updated November 24, 2025

Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has reversed course and will not seek to prevent a group of Democratic-led states from using federal grant funding to provide legal services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who are immigrants living in the United States illegally.

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia on Monday agreed to drop a lawsuit they filed last month over the new grant conditions after the Justice Department agreed not to apply them to their existing grant awards.

“Attacking survivors is despicable, and I am relieved that the federal government has backed down from this dangerous policy,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.

The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/doj-drops-immigration-related-restrictions-states-domestic-violence-services-2025-11-24/

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doj-drops-immigration-related-restrictions-212703168.html