One executive order directed the Attorney General and the Homeland Security Secretary to withhold federal money from sanctuary jurisdictions, and another required every federal agency to prevent payments that would abet sanctuary policies shielding undocumented immigrants from deportation. Cities and counties sued, arguing that billions of dollars were at risk. Orrick said the orders and related actions were an unconstitutional coercive threat. The Department of Homeland Security published a list of more than 500 sanctuary jurisdictions after critics noted inaccuracies and removed it. The Justice Department has sued New York and Los Angeles over sanctuary policies. Sanctuary jurisdictions typically limit cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which relies on local help to identify and detain immigrants for deportation.
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.
Orrick, who was nominated by President Barack Obama, said the executive orders and the "executive actions that have parroted them" were an unconstitutional "coercive threat." In May, the Department of Homeland Security published a list of more than 500 "sanctuary jurisdictions," saying each one would receive formal notification that the government had deemed them noncompliant. It also said it would inform them if they were believed to be in violation of any federal criminal statutes.
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