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.
Read moreCalifornia 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.
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