A coalition of 20 states sued the Trump administration over its threats to withhold funding from states that do not comply with federal immigration policy.
Last month, President Donald Trump signed executive orders directing federal agencies to make note of “sanctuary cities” in noncompliance with his immigration agenda. The order states that states or cities that fail to do so “may lose federal funding.”
California Attorney General Rob Bonta leads the coalition with two lawsuits against the order. He claimed Trump does not have “the authority to unlawfully coerce state and local governments into using their resources for federal immigration enforcement — and his latest attempt to bully them into doing so is blatantly illegal.”
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“Let’s be clear about what’s happening here: The President is threatening
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