Judge orders funding for 'sanctuary' jurisdictions

 DC Daily Journal:

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An Obama-appointed judge ruled late Friday that the Trump administration could not deny federal funds to dozens of cities and counties over their sanctuary policies. U.S. District Judge William Orrick, appointed to the bench in northern California by President Barack Obama, extended a preliminary injunction that blocks the Trump administration from withholding or conditioning federal funds from jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, according to court documents.

The lawsuit, originally filed by San Francisco officials earlier this year, has since taken on many other sanctuary jurisdictions as plaintiffs. “The new plaintiffs have each alleged similar reliance on federal funding as the Cities and Counties and filed declarations showing similar harms to community health, welfare and social services and to their budgetary processes that depend on the regularly authorized grants of federal funding for a variety of critical needs,” Orrick stated, according to court documents.

“The challenged sections of Executive Orders 14,159 and 14,218, and the executive actions that have parroted them threaten to withhold all federal funding from the plaintiffs as sanctuary jurisdictions if they do not adapt their policies and practices to conform with the Trump administration’s preferences,” the judge continued.

“That coercive threat (and any actions agencies take to realize that threat, or additional Executive Orders the President issues to the same end) is unconstitutional, so I enjoined its effect. I do so again today for the protection of the new parties in this case.”
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Sanctuary polices are inconsistent with the rule of law.  They literally give sanctuary to people who are illegally in the country.  Immigration scofflaws should not have access to federal funding.  

See also:

Indian Illegal Immigrants Ran U.S. Drug, Sex and Fraud Empire for Half-Decade, Court Records Show

'Hotel staff would book the fugitives in under false names or move their rooms to an undocumented room within the hotel...'

And:

 DeSantis and Trump Stand Firm Against Illegal Immigration Despite Leftist Judge’s Ruling

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in lockstep with President Donald Trump’s administration, has transformed a remote airfield in the Florida Everglades into a formidable detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” This facility, designed to house up to 5,000 illegal immigrants, represents a no-nonsense approach to tackling the crisis of illegal immigration and violent crime flooding our nation. However, a federal judge’s recent ruling threatens to derail these efforts, showcasing the left’s relentless push to undermine border security.

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