A federal decide halted the Trump administration’s efforts to withhold grant funding from “sanctuary” cities and counties for not cooperating with immigration enforcement.
The 15-page order from Choose William Orrick grants a preliminary injunction within the administration’s effort to withhold funds and expands the variety of cities that federal funds cannot be withheld from resulting from their “sanctuary” standing for undocumented immigrants.
The Trump administration has sought to strip the cities’ Housing and City Improvement (HUD) grants resulting from their lack of cooperation with immigration authorities.
Federal immigration brokers detain a person throughout demonstrations in downtown San Francisco, Calif., on Aug. 20, 2025, on this screengrab taken from video.
Reuters TV by way of Reuters
Greater than 30 cities from Albuquerque to Boston had been below the ruling — which quantities to a whole lot of thousands and thousands of {dollars} in grants.
The Trump administration has been growing its efforts to have so-called “sanctuary cities” cooperate with the federal authorities.
The Division of Justice in latest months has filed a number of authorized challenges in a number of cities and states together with New York Metropolis, New York state, Los Angeles, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, difficult insurance policies that that blocked immigration officers from arresting folks at or close to courthouses and not using a warrant signed by a decide.
It is a growing story. Test again for updates.
