In the midst of a rise in hate crimes and domestic extremism, such as the recent white supremacist attack in Portland, the Trump administration is cutting down on programs aimed at combating domestic extremism.

As Reuters reported last month, the president’s proposed budget seeks to “cut all funding to a Department of Homeland Security program known as ‘countering violent extremism,’ which provides grants to communities to counter radicalism through outreach.”

According to Reuters, the administration previously considered changing the program’s focus to solely provide “grants that dealt with the Islamic community, not other communities that may have extremist views like white supremacists.”

Yesterday, Voice of America found that despite the “rising tide of violent activity attributed to white supremacists,” the White House has halted funding directed towards groups that work to counteract domestic extremism: