A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from withholding federal funding from over a dozen sanctuary cities and counties that are hindering his administration’s illegal immigration enforcement.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued a decision that implicates 16 cities and counties, barring the Trump administration from holding back any federal funding from these areas.
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The lawsuit was led by San Francisco, which filed its case in February, arguing the Trump administration was illegally attempting to force officials to cooperate in federal immigration arrests.
This is a developing story and will be updated.