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Trump Administration Asks High Court to Withhold Public Safety Grants from Sanctuary Cities

The Trump Administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to implement a policy of withholding public safety grants from “sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with Trump’s immigration enforcement policies. The enforcement policies that Trump wants to implement…

Jenny ZhanJune 20, 2018

Deportation & Humanitarian Immigration Immigration

What is a “Sanctuary City” and what are the Sanctuary City policies?

The term “Sanctuary City” is applied to cities that do not cooperate with the federal government’s enforcement of immigration law by not permitting municipal funds or resources to be used in the furtherance of immigration enforcement. Further, these cities embrace…

IanScottMay 8, 2017