"After President Donald Trump announced this week that he plans to withhold funding from cities and states that have "sanctuary" immigration policies beginning next month, Attorney General Rob Bonta and Bay Area cities are promising to take legal action should payments stop. Trump made the threat on Tuesday amid escalating immigration crackdowns in Democrat-led cities, where three people have been shot by federal officials this month."
""Federal courts have held a number of times that our sanctuary policies are lawful," said San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, whose office is party to the suit filed earlier this year. "This administration has repeatedly tried to withhold funding or impose illegal funding conditions on our city and many others. We've already taken legal action to protect our federal funding, and we're going to continue to do so.""
President Donald Trump announced plans to withhold federal funding from cities and states with sanctuary immigration policies beginning Feb. 1. The announcement followed escalating immigration crackdowns in Democrat-led cities and recent shootings by federal officials. Attorney General Rob Bonta and Bay Area cities pledged legal action to protect federal payments. San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu cited federal court rulings that sanctuary policies are lawful and said the administration has repeatedly tried to impose illegal funding conditions. Chiu said legal action already has been taken and will continue. The move was described as a distraction from a recent Minneapolis shooting involving an ICE agent.
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