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Connecticut is slated to receive $6.4 million in retroactive funds from the federal government under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. The money had been withheld from Connecticut and other states by the Trump administration. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
CONNECTICUT The state will receive $6.4 million retroactively from the federal government in justice assistance funds that were withheld by the Trump-Pence administration and released to Connecticut by the Biden-Harris administration, according to Gov. Ned Lamont.
Under the Trump administration s unlawful immigration policy, as Lamont called it, the money used for criminal justice efforts was blocked between 2017 and 2020. Attorney General William Tong, who was a critic of Trump s immigration policies, fought on Connecticut s behalf to have the so-called Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program funds released.