Focus Area: Los Claims and Building Trust

focus area: Los Angeles chose building trust and respect as its focus area and did not mention illegal immigration in its application because of its policy as a sanctuary city, according to CNN. The panel of judges ruled that because DOJ's scoring factors encouraged, but did not coerce, an applicant to cooperate on immigration matters, the panel also rejected Los Angeles's claims that DOJ's use of the factors infringed on state autonomy in a manner that raised Tenth Amendment concerns. The City of Los Angeles sued the Department of Justice because it did not receive any funding from the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program, which is aimed at initiatives to build trust between communities and law enforcement agencies. DOJ did not exceed its statutory authority in awarding bonus points to applicants that selected the illegal immigration focus area, the judges wrote, arguing that DOJ's determination that the techniques of community policing may be used to address this public safety issue illegal immigration was entirely reasonable. City officials have come out against the impending raids -- the Los Angeles Police Department said Thursday that it does not and will not participate in the enforcement of civil administrative law, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tweeted suggestions Friday for how to deal with ICE agents. The court's decision comes ahead of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids scheduled for Sunday in nine major cities, including Los Angeles. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.