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Executive Order 13768 titled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States was signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on January 25, 2017. [1] [2] The order stated that "sanctuary jurisdictions" including sanctuary cities that refused to comply with immigration enforcement measures would not be "eligible to receive Federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement ...
Sanctuary cities have become a stage for local lawmakers across state lines to battle over immigration. But beneath the political spectacle, they pose complicated questions about how localities ...
Sanctuary cities undertake the responsibilities of receiving and processing an influx of migrants, and providing services and resources for them to acclimate and live in the country and communities in which they arrive.
In April 2017, Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California issued a nationwide injunction to prevent the administration from restricting funding to "sanctuary cities." [ 34 ] Judge Orrick reasoned that "where a law is unconstitutional on its face, and not simply in its application to certain plaintiffs, a nationwide injunction ...
President Trump's executive order threatening to withhold funding from "sanctuary cities" that limit cooperation with immigration authorities is unconstitutional, but a judge went too far when he ...
Trump's administration has gone on an offensive against Democratic-governed cities and states that protect undocumented immigrants. Trump administration seeks to limit court's 'sanctuary cities' order
Several US cities have instructed their own law enforcement personnel and civilian employees not to notify the federal government when they become aware of illegal immigrants living within their jurisdiction. A map of US states colored by their policy on sanctuary cities. States colored red have banned sanctuary cities statewide.
The L.A. sanctuary city law, which was proposed in early 2023 — long before Trump's election — aims to build a firewall between federal immigration enforcement and city agencies.