"President Donald Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting his administration's immigration policies, expanding on previous threats to cut off resources to the so-called sanctuary cities themselves. The video featured in the media player above is the ABC7 Los Angeles 24/7 streaming channel Such an action could have far-reaching impacts across the U.S., potentially even in places that aren't particularly friendly to noncitizens."
"Trump unveiled the concept this time late in a speech Tuesday at the Detroit Economic Club, without offering specifics. "Starting Feb. 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities, because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens and it breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems that come," he said. "So we're not making any payment to anybody that supports sanctuary cities.""
Starting Feb. 1, federal payments will be withheld from any state that contains local governments limiting cooperation with immigration enforcement. The measure targets jurisdictions described as sanctuary cities, which generally limit cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. No detailed list of affected funding streams was provided. Two prior efforts to withhold funds from sanctuary jurisdictions were struck down by courts, including a California judge's block of an executive order and earlier 2017 legal setbacks. The announcement could have broad impacts across the United States depending on implementation and legal challenges.
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