by Due to laws that restrict collaboration with federal immigration efforts, a judge said on Friday that the Trump administration cannot refuse funds to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, and thirty other towns and counties.
A preliminary injunction prohibiting the administration from halting or restricting the use of federal monies for so-called sanctuary jurisdictions was issued by U.S. District Judge William Orrick. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and over a dozen additional cities and counties were shielded by his previous order.
In an effort to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to forcibly remove millions of people from the nation, the Trump administration has increased pressure on such communities.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem are instructed by one of Trump’s executive orders to prevent federal funds from going to sanctuary jurisdictions. Every federal agency is also required by another order to make sure that funds given to state and local governments do not support so-called sanctuary laws that aim to prevent the deportation of illegal aliens.
The counties and cities who filed the lawsuit claimed that billions of dollars were at stake.
