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02-26-2020, 01:45 PM #1
Court rules Trump can withhold funds from 'sanctuary' jurisdictions
Court rules Trump can withhold funds from 'sanctuary' jurisdictions
By Jonathan Stempel
,Reuters•February 26, 2020
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NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from states and cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan was a victory for Trump in his years-long fight with so-called sanctuary jurisdictions.
It is also a defeat for New York City and the states of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington, which sued over administration policies depriving them of needed funds.
Three other federal appeals courts have upheld injunctions barring enforcement of at least some conditions placed by the administration on funding for state and local law enforcement.
Wednesday's decision reversed a lower court ruling and set up a possible appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which often resolves legal disputes that divide lower courts.
In the ruling, Judge Reena Raggi said the case "implicates several of the most divisive issues confronting our country" including immigration policy and law enforcement, illegal immigrants and the ability of state and local governments to adopt policies the federal government dislikes.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, and New York City's law department had no immediate comment. A spokesman for the U.S. Justice Department had no immediate comment.
In 2017, Trump's administration conditioned receipt of funds known as Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants on state and local government's willingness to provide federal immigration authorities with access to their jails as well as advance notice of immigrants' release from custody.
The policy affected nearly $26 million of annual grants to the seven states and $4 million to New York City.
Trump, a Republican seeking re-election on Nov. 3, has intensified his fight against Democratic-led "sanctuary" jurisdictions whose laws or policies make it harder for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to track down and arrest immigrants they consider deportable.
He has taken a hardline stance toward legal and illegal immigration, often highlighting crimes committed by people in the country illegally.
In 2018, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan ordered that the Byrne JAG grants be awarded unconditionally, saying the administration acted arbitrarily and capriciously in withholding them without considering the consequences for local law enforcement.
But in Wednesday's decision, Raggi said the challenged conditions "help the federal government enforce national immigration laws and policies supported by successive Democratic and Republican administrations."
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02-26-2020, 02:42 PM #2
Withhold funds and also cut off Federal tax dollars to schools, Churches, Medicaid, and all programs funded with OUR federal tax dollars that are awarding illegal aliens our benefits.
Get them out of our schools, colleges, and healthcare system.
Get them off welfare, food stamps, TANF, WIC, programs as well.
They need to be forced to sell out, pack up, and go home with their entire family.
No bank accounts! No loans! No tax refunds to illegal aliens.ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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