Sanctuary cities
California Says Feds Still Withholding Public-Safety Grants
The Trump administration is inventing new excuses to sidestep an injunction and cut off grant funds to California for refusing to help deport immigrants, the state claims in a newly filed motion.
Read moreNinth Circuit Weighs City Liability in SF Pier Shooting
A Ninth Circuit judge suggested Thursday that the family of a 32-year-old woman shot dead on a San Francisco pier might get a second chance to hold the city liable for not helping immigration police deport her suspected killer.
Read moreTexas Takes Sanctuary City Law Back to Fifth Circuit
Texas asked the Fifth Circuit on Monday to revive its lawsuit over the constitutionality of its law banning sanctuary cities, even though the appellate court has already allowed the legislation to go on the books.
Read moreChicago Accuses Sessions of Flouting Sanctuary-City Ruling
Chicago claims U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions still refuses to release millions in federal policing funds because the city will not cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration policies, despite a nationwide injunction declaring such withholding unconstitutional.
Read moreJudge Permanently Blocks DOJ’s Sanctuary City Cuts
A federal judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from withholding policing grants from California, San Francisco and other so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across the nation.
Read moreKeeping Funds From Sanctuary Cities Is Illegal, 9th Circuit Rules
The Ninth Circuit handed the Trump administration a legal defeat Wednesday, ruling the Justice Department does not have the authority to withhold federal grant money from sanctuary cities.
Read moreSanctuary Cities
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed an appeal Wednesday of a federal judge’s permanent injunction against the Trump administration’s effort to block so-called sanctuary cities from getting law enforcement grant funds.
Read moreJudge Delivers Blow to Trump’s Sanctuary-Cities Policy
The Trump administration’s efforts to punish cities for refusing to cooperate with its immigration crackdown faced a setback Friday when a federal judge reaffirmed a ruling that it cannot block cities from getting law enforcement grant funds.
Read moreLA Seeks Injunction Against Feds Over Sanctuary State Policy
The city of Los Angeles wants a federal court to block the Justice Department from imposing conditions on law enforcement grants, arguing in court papers Thursday that the city is being cut off from funding for refusing to help enforce federal immigration laws.
Read moreSix States, NYC Sue DOJ Over Sanctuary City Funding Threat
A coalition of six states led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block what they characterized as the Justice Department’s overreaching efforts to punish so-called sanctuary jurisdictions by conditioning federal funding on compliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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The Seventh Circuit stayed the nationwide aspect of an injunction blocking U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ attempt to financially punish so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to enforce federal immigration laws, but allowed the injunction to apply to Chicago while the court prepares to rehear the case en banc.
Read moreFederal Court Hears ‘Sanctuary State’ Showdown
After attempting to patch up a humanitarian and political crisis via executive order, the Trump administration resumed its fight Wednesday against California’s sanctuary state policies.
Read moreUS and Philadelphia Reject ‘Sanctuary City’ Compromise
Philadelphia officials and the Justice Department are rejecting a federal judge’s idea for settling their dispute over how the city deals with immigrants in the country illegally.
Read moreImmigrant Cleared of Murder Can’t Pursue Vindictive Prosecution Theory
A homeless undocumented immigrant acquitted last year of murder cannot seek evidence that the Trump administration directed the feds to vindictively prosecute him on new charges, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreImmigrant Cleared of Murder Blames Trump for New Charges
A homeless undocumented immigrant acquitted last year of murder faces an uphill battle in proving that President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to vindictively prosecute him on new federal charges, a judge said Tuesday.
Read moreCalifornia Seeks to Dismiss Fed’s Case Against Sanctuary Policies
California has taken steps to have a federal judge dismiss the federal government’s lawsuit against its sanctuary city policy.
Read moreSeventh Circuit Upholds Order Protecting Sanctuary Cities
Citing the need to check the potential “tyranny” of the executive branch, the Seventh Circuit upheld a nationwide preliminary injunction Thursday blocking U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ attempt to financially punish so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to enforce federal immigration laws.
Read moreSan Diego County Votes to Support Sanctuary State Lawsuit
Despite pleas from dozens of San Diegans Tuesday not to join Jeff Sessions’ lawsuit against California’s “sanctuary state” law, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved joining the federal lawsuit suing its own state.
Read moreJustice Department Fights Scope of Sanctuary Cut Injunction
A Justice Department lawyer on Wednesday urged a Ninth Circuit panel to tailor a nationwide block on “sanctuary city” funding cuts so it applies to just two jurisdictions in California.
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