“The recent revocation of this guidance memo by Attorney General Sessions doesn’t change the law but it sends a troubling message that the current Justice Department no longer intends to enforce existing law designed to protect one of this country’s most vulnerable populations. For this reason alone, the Justice Department and Trump administration must reconsider its commitment to ‘law and order’ and the value of clear Justice Department guidance and reissue its legal advice in the area of criminal costs and fees.”
