AG Campbell joins suit to save Job Corps from Trump cuts
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On Wednesday, Campbell signed onto an amicus brief with attorney generals from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Maine, as well as Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawai'i, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin.
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'The Trump Administration's attempt to illegally dismantle this critical program is both cruel and unlawful,' Campbell said. 'I am proud to fight alongside my colleagues to protect and preserve this critical program for thousands of disadvantaged young people who rely on it.'
The program provides free vocational training for low-income students between 16 and 24 years old, in addition to
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'Elimination of the Job Corps program appears to be part and parcel of a wide-ranging campaign by the executive branch to unlawfully dismantle congressionally mandated programs it opposes,' the legal filing said.
Opponents are seeking an injunction to halt the dismantling of the program established in 1964 under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Last month, Governor Maura Healey objected to the abrupt closure of a portion of the program that provided training and housing to 900 young people in Massachusetts.
'The Trump Administration has just pulled the rug out from under nearly 1,000 young people in Massachusetts who were doing the work to get the training and skills necessary to succeed in today's economy,' Healey said in a statement at the time.
'Job Corps trains the next generation of workers to fill in-demand roles in industries like carpentry, plumbing, electrical and pharmacy tech,' Healey said. 'But now, hundreds of young people are without the training and housing they were relying on, hundreds of employees are facing lay offs, and Massachusetts employers are being left without the talent they need.'
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