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Aug 10, 2026 Trump administration Department of Justice announced $300 million in policing grants conditioned on cities adopting federal immigration enforcement and reimbursing future federal deployments Corroborated Power and Authority
The grant terms use money to coerce local governments into accepting federal control over policing policy, eroding local self-governance.
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- Trump DOJ announces $300m "Model Cities" policing grants with ideological conditions — The Trump administration's Department of Justice announced a "Model Cities Initiative" offering up to $300 million in federal policing grants to two to four cities with populations exceeding 100,000 residents. In exchange for funding, recipient cities must comply with federal immigration enforcement, adopt conservative anti-homelessness policies, and agree to reimburse the federal government for costs of future federal law enforcement interventions or national guard deployments. The initiative cites Memphis and Washington DC as models, despite documented officer-involved deaths in Memphis. Several Democratic-led cities have declined to apply.
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Week 82 – 2026-08-08–2026-08-14
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