Washington – The Trump administration is moving beyond rhetoric in its effort to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
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The Justice Department is forcing nine communities to prove they are complying with an immigration law to continue receiving coveted law enforcement grant money.
The department sent letters Friday to places its inspector general previously identified as having rules limiting the information that can be provided to federal immigration authorities. They include California, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia.
Officials there must provide proof from an attorney that they are following the law.
It is an extension of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ repeated threats to crack down on sanctuary communities by denying or stripping them of grant money.
California is not a city
Good. Now, let these cities lose their federal grant money, reduce their law enforcement activities, wreck their images for their constituents, and find public officials who will respect the law. I also envision some court cases in which I hope to see the cities that are breaking the law to be held criminally liable.
If a city breaks the law it ought to be hauled into court. If a city, or a state, simply have legal policies that the Federal government does not like, the central government must generally yield to the localities. I see this administration does not want to take this matter to court. This would indicate they have no case.