LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over the unlawful conditions placed on Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grants, which are authorized by Congress.

The Trump Administration has announced that states will be blocked from accessing these funds, used to support victims and survivors of crime, unless they agree to support the Administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.

The VOCA was signed into law in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan. It created grant programs to help states provide resources and services to victims and survivors of crime, aiming to restore normalcy in their lives.

These grants, which total more than a billion dollars annually across the country, ensure that states can fulfill their responsibi

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