(The Center Square) — Seattle spends roughly $6.5 million a year on complementary resources for illegal immigrants, even as the administration of President Donald Trump is taking major steps to reshape immigration policy and practice — with an emphasis on enforcement of federal law.
According to city statistics, there are more than 143,687 foreign-born residents in Seattle, including 21,000 illegal immigrants who make up roughly 2.7% of the city’s total population of 755,000.
Earlier this year, Trump issued an executive order that denies federal funding — grants, loans and contracts — to jurisdictions that don’t comply with federal immigration law.
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However, on Thursday, a federal judge in California barred the Trump administration from denying federal funds as such.
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