Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Defunding Sanctuary Cities

Trump Claims Sanctuary Cities Harm ‘The Very Fabric of Our Republic’

A federal judge has just blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls for defunding so-called sanctuary cities, locales that refuse to co-operate with immigration authorities by handing over undocumented immigrants. 

Santa Clara County and San Francisco sued the Trump administration after the President’s January 25 order that claimed sanctuary cities cause “immeasurable harm to the American people and to the very fabric of our republic.”

The injunction appears to be applicable only to those two jurisdictions.

“A victory for the city and county could reinforce similar policies in some of the nation’s largest cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago,” Bloomberg News adds. “It’s another blow to Trump’s call to tighten U.S. borders and crack down on those living in the U.S. illegally. He’s already lost multiple bids to impose a travel ban against citizens of six mostly Muslim countries.”

From January:

UPDATE:
Reuters adds that the “ruling from U.S. District Judge William Orrick III in San Francisco said Trump’s order targeted broad categories of federal funding for sanctuary governments, and that plaintiffs challenging the order were likely to succeed in proving it unconstitutional.”

More:

 

This is a breaking news and developing story. Details may change. This story will be updated, and NCRM will likely publish follow-up stories on this news. Stay tuned and refresh for updates.