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Eugene

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Mon Aug 14, 2017, 12:54 PM Aug 2017

California to sue Trump administration over sanctuary policy

Source: Reuters

#POLITICS AUGUST 14, 2017 / 12:06 PM / 16 MINUTES AGO

California to sue Trump administration over sanctuary policy

Dan Levine
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California plans to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice over federal restrictions on some law enforcement grants to so-called sanctuary cities, a spokesperson for California's attorney general office said on Monday.

The city of San Francisco filed its own lawsuit against the department late last week, saying the federal government has improperly sought to force local jurisdictions to enforce national immigration law by imposing funding conditions.

President Donald Trump issued a broad executive order in January targeting wide swaths of federal funding for cities that generally offer illegal immigrants safe harbor by declining to use municipal resources to enforce federal immigration laws.

However, a San Francisco judge drastically limited the scope of that policy.

The Justice Department has sought to impose conditions on a national grant for local law enforcement that mandates access to local jails for federal immigration officials, as well as 48 hours notice before releasing anyone wanted for immigration violations.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-sanctuary-idUSKCN1AU1TI
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California to sue Trump administration over sanctuary policy (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2017 OP
Trump's sanctuary city policies are stupid and Trump will lose in court Gothmog Aug 2017 #1
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