House appropriations subcommittee chairman John Culberson (R-TX), who oversees funding for the U.S. Department of Justice called on the Obama administration to take steps to take state and local governments to task over offering sanctuary to illegal aliens or face problems in getting approval for federal budget requests. Culberson also announced that he will require local jurisdictions to adhere to federal law and stop obstructing communication with immigration agencies as a condition for receiving certain federal law enforcement funding. Three federal law enforcement funding programs that could become off-limits to sanctuaries currently dispense $1 billion+ each year to state and local agencies.

The Texas Republican wrote a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch demanding a halt to funding cities that reject Justice and Homeland Security demands for information and access to jailed immigrants. Culberson told Lynch that he must ensure that state and local law enforcement agencies are following federal law before they can get federal grants. He added that local sanctuary policies are a clearly in violation of Section 1373 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Among the jurisdictions that have imposed such policies are San Francisco, Cook County, Ill., and New York City. In addition to prohibiting local officers from communicating with immigration authorities, jurisdictions such as these prohibit federal officers from coming into jails to interview or arrest deportable criminals.

Additionally, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to cut state funding for the office of the Dallas County sheriff, a Democrat, if he continues to refuse the detention of illegal immigrants, as requested by federal authorities. Abbott requested sheriffs across the Lone Star State to comply with federal requests to detain illegal aliens. Abbott signed in June 2015 the most comprehensive border security plan of any state in the Union. He noted then that the Texas-Mexico border is a gateway for criminals to commit crimes throughout the country. Saying that 20,000 dangerous gang members associated with cross-border traffic-related crime were in Houston alone, he added that more than 100,000 gang members operate across the state of Texas.


According to the Center for Immigration Studies, more than 9,000 criminal aliens that federal authorities were seeking to deport in 2014 were instead released. More than 2,300 of these committed further crimes within a few months.

Among the jurisdictions offering sanctuary to illegal aliens are Dallas County (TX), Philadelphia, five Kentucky counties, and possibly the whole state of Massachusetts.

Here is a partial list:

States

California, Connecticut, New Mexico, Colorado


Cities and Counties

Arizona

South Tucson

California (in addition to all county sheriffs)

Berkeley

Los Angeles

Orange County Probation Department

Colorado (in addition to all counties)

Aurora Detention Center

Connecticut (in addition to state LEAs)

East Haven

Hartford

Florida

Broward County

Hernando County

Hillsborough County

Miami-Dade County

Palm Beach County

Pasco County

Pinellas County

Georgia

Clayton County

Fulton County

Illinois

Champaign County

Chicago

Cook County

Iowa

Allamakee County

Benton County

Cass County

Clinton County

Delaware County

Dubuque County

Franklin County

Freemont County

Greene County

Ida County

Iowa County

Jefferson County

Johnson County

Linn County

Marion County

Monona County

Montgomery County

Polk County

Pottawattamie County

Sioux County

Story County

Wapello County

Winneshiek County

Kansas

Butler County

Finney County

Harvey County

Johnson County

Sedgwick County

Shawnee County

Kentucky

Campbell County

Franklin County

Kenton County

Scott County

Woodford County

Louisiana

Lafayette Parish

Orleans Parish

Maine

Portland

Maryland

Baltimore City

Montgomery County

Prince George's County

Massachusetts

Amherst

Boston

Cambridge

Lawrence

Northhampton

Somerville

Minnesota

Hennepin County

Ramsey County

Nebraska

Douglas County

Hall County

Lancaster County

Sarpy County

Nevada

Clark County

Washoe County

New Jersey

Middlesex County

Newark

Ocean County

Union County

New Mexico (in addition to all counties)

Rio Arriba

New York

Franklin County

Nassau County

New York City

Onondaga County

Rensselaer County

Saratoga County

Suffolk County

St. Lawrence County

Wayne County

North Dakota

North Dakota State Penitentiary

South West Multiple County Corrections Center

Oregon

Clackamas County

Clatsop, Oregon

Coos County

Crook County

Curry County

Deschutes County

Douglas County

Gilliam County

Grant County

Hood River County

Jackson County

Jefferson County

Lincoln County

Linn County

Malheur County

Marion County

Multnomah County

Polk County

Sherman County

Springfield Police Department

Tillamook County

Umatilla County

Union County

Wallowa County

Wasco County

Washington County

Wheeler County

Yamhill County

Pennsylvania

Lehigh County

Philadelphia

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Department of Corrections

Texas

Dallas County

Travis County

Virginia

Chesterfield County

Washington

Baker County

Benton County

Chelan County

Clallam County

Cowlitz County

Franklin County Jefferson County

Kent City Jail, King County

King County

Kitsap County

Pierce County

Skagit County

Snohomish County

South Correctional Entity (SCORE) Jail, King County

Spokane County

Thurston County

Walla Walla County

Whatcom County

Yakima County

Washington, DC

Wisconsin

Milwaukee

Hundreds of 'sanctuary' cities come under Congressional scrutiny