The Latest: Sessions asks 'sanctuary cities' to reconsider

[Judi Lynn]

Updated 4:57 pm, Tuesday, September 19, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's opposition to "sanctuary cities" that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration officials (all times local):

2:10 p.m.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has urged "sanctuary cities" to reconsider their status. He says sanctuary cities undermine the moral authority of law.

The attorney general spoke as the Trump administration appealed a San Francisco judge's ruling that blocks its effort to withhold money from "sanctuary cities."

Days earlier, a federal judge in Chicago at least temporarily blocked the administration's attempt to withhold public safety grant money from cities that don't cooperate.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/The-Latest-Sessions-asks-sanctuary-cities-to-12210155.php

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Enjoy justice for the short time we have it.

Because of what happened last year, justice is soon going to be nonexistent unless you are white, male, straight and xtian.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Don't forget Republican! I'm sure you're right, sadly. n/t

[Thomas Hurt]

2. If Sessions and Trump weren't amoral fascists, he might have a point.

Sessions has no moral authority personally or professional.

[Phoenix61]

3. But perjury doesn't? nt

[Gothmog]

5. You got to be kidding

This is stupid even for Sessions