The federal government is threatening to bring a False Claims Act lawsuit against the city to recoup millions of dollars spent on a District of Columbia public schools program aimed at educating migrant children, according to sources.

At the heart of the controversy, which sources said could eventually yield criminal charges, is money the city accepted over nearly three decades to teach the children of migrant farm workers and fishermen.

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