City of New York v. Department of Justice

Whether Congress authorized the Department of Justice to condition funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) program " which sets aside funds for state and local criminal justice priorities " on acceptance of DOJ"s new requirements that state and local government grant recipients (1) respond to ad hoc requests from federal officials for the release dates of non-citizens in grantees" custody, (2) provide federal agents with access to grantees" jails and police stations in order to question suspected non-citizens, and (3) certify compliance with 8 U.S.C. § 1373, which purports to prohibit state and local governments from regulating when their employees may share information with federal officials regarding a person"s citizenship or immigration status.