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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump to Target Sanctuary Cities
https://politicalwire.com/2025/04/28/trump-to-target-sanctuary-cities/Trump to Target Sanctuary Cities
April 28, 2025 at 10:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
President Donald Trump will sign a pair of executive orders the White House says will help law enforcement implement his sweeping deportation agenda by cracking down on places that restrict cooperation with immigration enforcement, Bloomberg reports.
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babylonsister
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underpants
(190,159 posts)1. I wonder what "cracking down" means
I cant open the Bloomberg link.
Bayard
(24,804 posts)2. Me either
Please let us know his evil plans.
LetMyPeopleVote
(162,198 posts)3. U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick said a presidential executive order violates the Constitution's separation-of-powe
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick said a presidential executive order violates the Constitutions separation-of-powers principles and spending clause.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/24/federal-judge-blocks-trump-withholding-funds-sanctuary-cities/
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from pulling federal funds from San Francisco, Santa Clara County, and 14 other cities and counties it deems sanctuary jurisdictions, handing another legal blow to President Donald Trumps crackdown on immigration.
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick of the Northern District of California granted the preliminary injunction and in his order cited a similar executive action from the Trump administration in 2017 which Orrick also presided over and blocked that attempted to halt funds and was found to be unconstitutional nationwide.
Orrick referred to precedent in that ruling and in his order said again that such spending powers are constitutionally vested in Congress. He said attempts by the president to place conditions on federal funds violate the separation of powers.
The administration is restrained and enjoined from directly or indirectly taking any action to withhold, freeze, or condition federal funds from the Cities and Counties, Orrick wrote, mandating that the Trump administration provide written notice of this Order to all federal departments and agencies by Monday......
In siding with the plaintiffs, Orrick also agreed that the threat to withhold funding causes them irreparable injury in the form of budgetary uncertainty, deprivation of constitutional rights, and undermining trust between the Cities and Counties and the communities they serve.
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick of the Northern District of California granted the preliminary injunction and in his order cited a similar executive action from the Trump administration in 2017 which Orrick also presided over and blocked that attempted to halt funds and was found to be unconstitutional nationwide.
Orrick referred to precedent in that ruling and in his order said again that such spending powers are constitutionally vested in Congress. He said attempts by the president to place conditions on federal funds violate the separation of powers.
The administration is restrained and enjoined from directly or indirectly taking any action to withhold, freeze, or condition federal funds from the Cities and Counties, Orrick wrote, mandating that the Trump administration provide written notice of this Order to all federal departments and agencies by Monday......
In siding with the plaintiffs, Orrick also agreed that the threat to withhold funding causes them irreparable injury in the form of budgetary uncertainty, deprivation of constitutional rights, and undermining trust between the Cities and Counties and the communities they serve.
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