Trump Parties While Activists Worry Criminal Justice Bill Will Not Be Fully Funded

By Kate Riga
April 2, 2019 8:29 am

While President Donald Trump held a party celebrating the “First Step Act,” a rare piece of bipartisan legislation focused on criminal justice reform, advocates fretted that the law may never be fully funded.

According to a Monday New York Times report, Trump’s budget only allotted $14 million to the law’s programs, whereas the legislation calls for $75 million.

The Office of Management and Budget says it will revisit the law’s funding, but advocates worry that the combination of Trump’s political opportunism and the Justice Department’s lack of interest will let the act fall by the wayside.

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