Group of Cities, Counties Sue Over Trump’s Bid to End Sanctuaries

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The coalition is alleging that the Trump administration is unlawfully forcing their participation in illegal immigrant deportations.

As the Trump administration continues a broader effort to curb illegal immigration, a coalition of cities and counties filed a lawsuit on Feb. 7 challenging his executive order that forces sanctuary jurisdictions to cooperate with deportations.

The group of jurisdictions led by San Francisco and Santa Clara County in California, filed its lawsuit in federal court, arguing that the federal government was illegally forcing local officials to participate in an illegal immigration crackdown with the threat of losing funding or facing prosecution for noncompliance.

Trump’s executive order threatened to pull federal funding to any sanctuary jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration officials. Local sanctuary laws often prevent local and state law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials and are designed to shield illegal immigrants from deportation.

“This is the federal government coercing local officials to bend to their will or face defunding or prosecution,” San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said in a statement. “That is illegal and authoritarian.”

Filed in San Francisco federal court, the lawsuit’s plaintiffs also include local governments in Portland, Oregon; New Haven, Connecticut; and King County, Washington.

The coalition lawsuit targeted Justice Department memos, including a Feb. 5 document from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructing prosecutors to investigate local and state officials who stall or interfere with immigration enforcement.

“The days of flouting federal law without consequence ended the second President Trump was sworn back into office,” Justice Department spokesperson Gates McGavick said in a statement.

“Sanctuary jurisdictions are actively impeding law enforcement and prioritizing illegal aliens over their own citizens,” he added.

The coalition filed its lawsuit one day after the Justice Department sued both the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois, alleging that the two jurisdictions were interfering with the administration’s efforts against illegal immigration. The government sought a court order blocking sanctuary laws.

By Jacob Burg

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