Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Efforts to Defund 'Sanctuary' Cities

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Upon reclaiming the White House, Trump signed two new executive orders, numbered 14159 and 14218, whose "language and purpose ... mirror EO 13768," Orrick said.
50% : " Amid a flurry of legal challenges to Trump administration directives across the country, Attorney General Pam Bondi in February followed the orders up with a directive defining a sanctuary city as "state or local jurisdictions that refuse to comply with 8 U.S.C. § 1373, refuse to certify compliance with§ 1373, or willfully fail to comply with other applicable federal immigration laws.
48% : " The directive also ordered relevant agencies within the Department of Justice to review their contracts, grants, and other financial arrangements with sanctuary cities and non-governmental organizations and to cut that funding where applicable and in line with the law.
43% : " In 2017, during his first term, Trump signed Executive Order 13768, which sought to strip funding from many of the same cities involved in the current suit.
38% : Sanctuary cities are local governments that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in identifying or deporting illegal immigrants.

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