AG Bondi Implements Pause In Funding To ‘Sanctuary’ Cities
Charlie Kirk Staff
02/06/2025

Newly minted U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a lengthy memo shortly after being sworn in earlier Wednesday, which will take the Justice Department in a completely different direction than under former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
According to Fox News, the memo lays out Bondi’s vision for the DOJ, which includes a heavy focus on President Donald Trump’s agenda for illegal immigration, federal law enforcement, and ridding the department of blatant political bias.
According to the memo, Bondi announced that Joint Task Force Vulcan, created to dismantle MS-13, and Joint Task Force Alpha, established to combat human trafficking, would be “further empowered and elevated” to the Office of the Attorney General.
These missions are expected to expand, with a particular emphasis on Vulcan’s efforts, which will now focus on dismantling Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang recently designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
Regarding the cartels, Bondi is directing the DOJ Office of Legal Policy to explore legislative reforms aimed at targeting equipment used to manufacture fentanyl pills and to add Xylazine, a new and deadly drug, to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act.
As for illegal migrants, Bondi has instructed the DOJ to suspend all federal funding for sanctuary cities. Additionally, Bondi has directed the DOJ to identify and review all funding agreements with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that provide support to illegal immigrants.
Bondi issued a directive regarding “zealous advocacy.” Bondi said DOJ attorneys’ responsibilities include “aggressively enforcing criminal laws passed by Congress, but also vigorously defending presidential policies and actions on behalf of the United States against legal challenges.”
It added: “The discretion afforded Justice Department attorneys with respect to those responsibilities does not include latitude to substitute their personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election.”
“When Justice Department attorneys refuse to faithfully carry out their role by, for example, refusing to advance good-faith arguments or declining to sign briefs, it undermines the constitutional order and deprives the President of the benefit of his lawyers,” the memo continues.
Bondi also states that “any Justice Department attorney who declines to sign a brief, refuses to advance good-faith arguments on behalf of the Trump administration, or otherwise delays or impedes the Justice Department’s mission will be subject to discipline and potentially termination.”
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