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Administration Suit Says LA Is Thwarting Americans' Will

Filing blames sanctuary city law for 'lawlessness, rioting'

(Newser) - The Trump administration sued Los Angeles on Monday in an effort to shut down its sanctuary city law, arguing that federal enforcement of immigration laws is being obstructed. The lawsuit, which also names Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council, argues that the policy that generally prohibits cooperation with federal...

Administration Names, Warns 500 Sanctuary Jurisdictions

Under Trump's executive order, agencies will go after the governments' federal grants and contracts

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security is putting more than 500 sanctuary jurisdictions across the country on notice that the Trump administration views them as obstructing immigration enforcement—as it attempts to increase pressure on communities it says are standing in the way of the president's mass deportations agenda. The...

Trump Administration Sues Sanctuary City After Arrests

City police helped handcuff people stopped by Border Patrol

(Newser) - The Trump administration is suing the City of Rochester, New York, over its policies as a "sanctuary city," saying they violate the US Constitution by deliberately impeding immigration enforcement. Rochester elected leaders had said local police officers violated city policy prohibiting their involvement in immigration activities when they...

Rulings on Sanctuary Cities, Elections Go Against Trump

Federal judges hand defeats to the White House

(Newser) - DEI isn't the only issue on which President Trump lost a court fight on Thursday. Two more of note:
  • Sanctuary cities: A federal judge in California barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to "sanctuary" jurisdictions, saying that portions of Trump's
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DOJ Accuses Chicago of 'Thwarting' Immigration Laws

Trump administration 'sanctuary city' lawsuit also names Illinois

(Newser) - The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday alleging that "sanctuary" laws in the nation's third-largest city "thwart" federal efforts to enforce immigration laws. The Justice Department lawsuit, which also names the State of Illinois, is the latest effort to act against places that limit cooperation between federal...

San Diego Official Abruptly Resigns for 'Safety' Reasons

Nora Vargas had backed 'sanctuary' initiative

(Newser) - A member of the San Diego County board of supervisors abruptly resigned for safety reasons, after backing efforts to implement "sanctuary" immigration policies in California's second-largest county. The San Diego Union-Tribune and other outlets called the move "shocking." Board of Supervisors Chair Nora Vargas was reelected...

Trump May Have Potent Tool Against Sanctuary Cities
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Trump May Have Potent Tool Against Sanctuary Cities

New president could try to withhold federal funds to places such as Chicago, Denver, and New York

(Newser) - It's possible that Chicago will emerge as ground zero in the immigration fight during the early days of the new Trump administration. A Washington Post story looks at how President-elect Trump's pledge to enact mass deportations of migrants will play out in major Democratic-run cities that generally fall...

High Court Blocks Trump on Sanctuary Law

Justices won't take case, leaving California policy in place

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has voted not to take up President Trump's attempt to void California's sanctuary law, a decisive victory for the state in its struggle with the administration over immigration law enforcement. With exceptions involving warrents or suspects in serious crimes, California law enforcement officials don't...

Chicago Has 'Great Victory' in Fight Over Sanctuary Cities

Appeals court says Trump policy should be frozen nationwide

(Newser) - A sharply worded ruling by a federal appeals court in Chicago on Thursday said the Trump administration policy of threatening to withhold grant money from so-called sanctuary cities to force them to comply with its immigration policies violates separation-of-powers provisions enshrined in the Constitution. The 7th US Circuit Court of...

After Big Dem Wins, State's Gun Advocates Seek 'Sanctuary'

Virginia's Roanoke County just declared itself '2nd Amendment Sanctuary'; Roanoke the city declined

(Newser) - Officials of a Virginia city have rebuffed pleas by gun advocates asking it to declare the city a so-called "Second Amendment Sanctuary." Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea on Monday announced at a packed City Council meeting that he sees no benefit in validating what the US Constitution already guarantees,...

Liberal Arizona City Rejects Sanctuary City Plan

Democratic Tucson mayor was against it

(Newser) - After Arizona passed a law that required local police to check the immigration status of people suspected to be in the country illegally, the state's second-largest city wanted to send a message. The Democrats who control Tucson designated their town an "immigrant welcoming city" in 2012, and the...

Trump Contradicts Aides, Says Sanctuary Cities Plan Is in Play

Immigrant detainees would be released in Democrats' districts

(Newser) - A day after White House and Homeland Security officials said it wouldn't happen, President Trump confirmed that he's thinking about releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities. "We are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only," Trump tweeted Friday. At...

Report: White House Wanted to Send Migrants to 'Sanctuary Cities'

ICE told them the plan was unworkable

(Newser) - The White House wanted to send a message to Democrats by sending buses of apprehended migrants to "sanctuary cities" that refuse to hand over undocumented immigrants for deportation, according to emails seen by the Washington Post . The move was apparently proposed at least twice in the last six months,...

Trump Slams 'Disgraceful' Verdict in SF Pier Shooting

Jury acquits Mexican man of murder, manslaughter in Kate Steinle case

(Newser) - President Trump slammed the "disgraceful" verdict Thursday after a Mexican citizen was found not guilty of murder in the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle at a San Francisco pier. "No wonder the people of our Country are so angry with Illegal Immigration," Trump tweeted Thursday night,...

Trump Gets a Hard No on Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities

After 2 Calif. counties sue, a federal judge permanently blocks executive order

(Newser) - A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked President Trump's executive order to cut funding from so-called sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with US immigration authorities. US District Court Judge William Orrick rejected the administration's argument that the order affects a relatively small pot of money, reports the AP...

Immigrant's 'Unusual' Reprieve After 11 Months in Hiding

Javier Flores Garcia is going home to be with his family thanks to special deferred status and visa

(Newser) - Since November, Javier Flores Garcia has been separated from his family and hunkered down in a Philly church to avoid deportation, serving as a handyman and praying. On Wednesday, per NBC Philadelphia , the undocumented immigrant finally left the Arch Street United Methodist Church where he'd found sanctuary not long...

Judge on Sanctuary Cities Law: It Will 'Erode Public Trust'

And harm the state of Texas

(Newser) - A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked most of Texas' tough new "sanctuary cities" law that would have allowed police to inquire about people's immigration status during routine interactions such as traffic stops. The law, SB 4, had been cheered by President Trump's administration but decried by...

Sessions Slams 'Lawless' Chicago Over Lawsuit

'Comply with the law or forgo taxpayer dollars'

(Newser) - The war of words between Chicago and the federal government over "sanctuary cities" policy is heating up. Attorney General Jeff Sessions slammed the city's leaders Monday over their lawsuit against the Trump administration , saying they "have demonstrated an open hostility to enforcing laws designed to protect law...

Chicago Sues Over Trump's 'Unlawful Misguided Action'

Lawsuit fights back against sanctuary city crackdown

(Newser) - Chicago is fighting back against the Trump's administration's crackdown on "sanctuary cities." Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday that Chicago is suing the Justice Department over efforts to place new conditions on federal law enforcement grant money as a means to force local authorities to cooperate with...

New Texas Law Punishes 'Sanctuary Cities'

Big-city police chiefs strongly opposed move

(Newser) - "Sanctuary cities" will be banned and local officials who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials will be punished under a bill signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Sunday. The bill, passed by the state legislature last week, was signed in an event broadcast from the state...

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