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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Addressing challenges related to asylum seekers
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The Law Department has been focused on addressing ongoing challenges related to asylum seekers, including evolving federal policies and potential challenges to city grant funding.
- A multidisciplinary team of attorneys provides critical legal advice to the mayor, city agencies, and elected officials on asylum seeker issues.
- The department recently filed a lawsuit to recover $80 million in grant funds improperly clawed back by the federal government.
- These efforts support the city in facing new challenges while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
Muriel Goode-Trufant
2:47:42
A large focus of our work this fiscal year has been addressing ongoing challenges in our city as well as advising on asylum seekers, including the evolving landscape of federal policy and enforcement and potential challenges to grant funding the city receives.
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Led by our executive team, a multidisciplinary group of attorneys from across several law department divisions continue to provide critical and timely legal advice to the mayor, city agencies, and independently elected officials.
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For example, the law department recently brought a lawsuit seeking to recover $80,000,000 in grant funds that were improperly properly clawed back by the federal government.
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These efforts by the law department support the city as it faces existing and new challenges while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws and rules.