Sanctuary cities
Illinois Sheriffs Fight State Law Limiting Immigration Arrests
A group of Illinois sheriffs sued the state attorney general Monday over a law prohibiting police from arresting anyone based solely on their immigration status, which the sheriffs argue forces them to choose between enforcing state or federal law but not both.
Read moreUS Attorney Blasts San Francisco Policies That Limit Cooperation With Feds
Touting the indictment of two gang members following a joint investigation by local police and feds, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California on Thursday blasted San Francisco policies that limit cooperation with federal agents.
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Virginia Attorney General Shoots Down Gun Sanctuary Laws
In a rebuke to nearly 100 cities and counties, Virginia’s Democratic attorney general said in an advisory opinion Friday that local pro-Second Amendment laws declaring an exemption from statewide gun safety measures are invalid.
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Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing on Federal Funding Halt to Sanctuary Cities
The Ninth Circuit Tuesday denied Los Angeles’ petition for a rehearing of a decision that allowed the Justice Department to withhold law enforcement funding from sanctuary cities that do not comply with its immigration policies.
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Trump Administration Defends Immigration Policies at Ninth Circuit
Defending two key immigration policies before a Ninth Circuit panel Monday, a Trump administration lawyer struggled to explain why the safety of migrants was not considered in a rule that makes most immigrants arriving at the southern border ineligible for asylum.
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Sanctuary City Proposition Defeated in Tucson
Voters in Tucson, the home of the sanctuary movement that swept the nation in the 1980s, soundly rejected a return to those roots Tuesday.
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Tucson Voters Will Decide on Sanctuary City Status
Tucson voters will decide Tuesday whether the city that gave birth to the 1980s Sanctuary Movement should offer limited sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.
Read moreNinth Circuit Upholds Block of DOJ Conditions on Grants to Sanctuary Cities
A Ninth Circuit panel sided with a federal judge Thursday, upholding a decision to bar the Justice Department from imposing special conditions on policing grants for cities that refuse to help federal authorities detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
Read moreJustice Department Cleared to Force Cities to Help ICE for Grant Money
Reversing, a divided Ninth Circuit panel ruled Friday the Justice Department acted lawfully when it withheld federal grants from Los Angeles for refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Read moreFlorida Ban on Sanctuary Cities Goes to Governor
The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature approved a broad measure targeting so-called “sanctuary cities” on Thursday, despite the state not having any cities with policies aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants.
Read moreAP Finds Trump Misleading Public on Immigrants
President Trump is spreading misleading rhetoric about illegal immigration. At a Wisconsin rally, he said he’s launched his plan to transport immigrants in the United States illegally to sanctuary cities in mass numbers — “my sick idea,” he proudly called it. There’s no evidence that’s happening.
Read moreTrump Suggests He’s Moving Forward With Sanctuary City Plan
President Donald Trump suggested Monday that his threat to ship immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities is taking effect, even though it remains unclear whether such a plan is feasible.
Read moreVengeance on Sanctuary Cities Could Help Immigrants Stay
An idea floated by President Trump to send immigrants from the border to “sanctuary cities” to exact revenge on Democratic foes could end up doing the immigrants a favor by placing them in locations that make it easier to put down roots and stay in the country.
Read moreTrump ‘Strongly Looking’ at Releasing Immigrants in Dem Cities
The White House considered a plan to release detained immigrants into “sanctuary cities,” three people familiar with the idea confirmed Friday — a plan that critics branded as an effort to use migrants as pawns to go after political opponents.
Read moreJudge Shares Constitutional Nightmare in Sanctuary City Hearing
Seventh Circuit Judge Ilana Rovner confessed Wednesday that her concern for the separation of powers haunts her dreams during oral arguments in the Trump administration’s second appeal of an injunction blocking its attempt to financially punish so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to enforce federal immigration laws.
Read moreNinth Circuit Leans Toward Upholding California’s Sanctuary Law
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Biting remarks from three Ninth Circuit judges on Wednesday appeared to dash the Trump administration’s hopes
Read moreLos Angeles City Council Declares LA a Sanctuary City
In a symbolic challenge to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Friday to declare the City of Angels a “sanctuary city.”
Read moreJudge Declines to Force Feds to Give Grant Money to California
A federal judge on Friday signaled he likely won’t force the Trump administration to award California $1.5 million in public safety funds the state says are being withheld over its refusal to help federal authorities deport undocumented immigrants.
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