U.S. District Judge William Orrick extended a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from denying federal funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and about 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Orrick previously protected more than a dozen jurisdictions including San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, and said the administration offered no opposition to the extended injunction other than to assert the first injunction was wrong. He also blocked immigration-related conditions on two grant programs and characterized the executive orders and related actions as an unconstitutional "coercive threat." The administration has appealed the earlier order.
A judge ruled late Friday the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco extended a preliminary injunction blocking the administration from cutting off or conditioning the use of federal funds for so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions. His earlier order protected more than a dozen other cities and counties, including San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.
One executive order issued by Trump directs Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to withhold federal money from sanctuary jurisdictions. Another order directs every federal agency to ensure that payments to state and local governments do not "abet so-called 'sanctuary' policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation." The cities and counties that sued said billions of dollars were at risk.
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