Justice Department ties $1 billion in public safety grants to immigration enforcement cooperation

The Justice Department is offering nearly $1 billion in federal public safety grants for cities and police departments across the country.

But the grants, announced this month, come with a catch: Local officials have to be willing to work with federal immigration officers.

The move is part of a larger push from the Trump administration to entice cities and their police forces to work more closely with federal immigration officers, a shift officials at the DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security have been quietly