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Senate Democrats press for oversight after DOJ cancels grants, drops consent decrees and carries out deportations
Summary
Senate Democrats asked the Judiciary Committee to hold oversight hearings and request documents after the Justice Department canceled hundreds of public safety grants, dropped pattern-and-practice consent decrees, and oversaw deportations that some senators say lacked due process.
Several Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee urged immediate oversight of Justice Department actions, requesting documents, hearings and briefings after a string of decisions that they said weakened law-enforcement accountability and public safety programs.
Senator Cory Booker and other Democrats asked the committee to investigate three matters: the recent deportations of more than 200 people to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act (including a reported 50 individuals who entered the United States with government permission), the abrupt cancellation of at least 365 public-safety grants on April 22 that Democrats estimate totaled about $500 million, and the Justice Department’s…
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