SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is joining a group of 21 AGs in suing to unlock federal funding for programs meant to help victims of crime, funding which the Trump administration has withheld from " sanctuary " jurisdictions across the country.

The funding in question is authorized by Congress under the Victims of Crime Act and distributed through grants to organizations which support victims and survivors of crime. VOCA has been law since 1984, but the Trump administration is now conditioning that funding on states agreeing to assist with federal immigration enforcement.

"This is yet another attempt to place unlawful conditions on federal funds coming into Oregon to advance the President's unpopular agenda, this time at the expense of crime victims and survivors,

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