Judge Blocks Trump from Cutting Sanctuary City Funds

Donald Trump’s administration was prevented on Thursday by a federal judge in San Francisco from denying federal funds to a number of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that have refused to assist the Republican president’s strict immigration enforcement. The cities of Minneapolis, New Haven, Portland, St. Paul, Santa Fe, and Seattle are among such jurisdictions. They contend that by exercising their right to restrict the use of their resources for federal civil immigration enforcement, the government is attempting to penalize them. The lawsuit contested a Trump-signed executive order that threatened to stop federal funds for sanctuary jurisdictions that restrict or refuse to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal immigration law enforcement. State and local law enforcement are prohibited from aiding federal civil immigration authorities by sanctuary legislation.

Source: USA TODAY