Sanctuary Cities to Sue!

belinda59996 · 10:18 PM

Not DACA related, but sanctuary cities are planning to sue Trump on withholding funds! Chicago, check, California, check!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-s...171426866.html

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...y-brown-241358

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Yahoo

By Chris Kenning and Joseph Ax

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chicago will sue the Trump administration on Monday over threats to withhold public safety grant money from so-called sanctuary cities, escalating a pushback against a federal immigration crackdown, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Sunday.

The federal lawsuit comes less than two weeks after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the U.S. Justice Department would bar cities from a certain grant program unless they allow immigration authorities unlimited access to local jails and provide 48 hours' notice before releasing anyone wanted for immigration violations.

"Chicago will not let our police officers become political pawns in a debate," Emanuel, a Democrat, said at a news conference. "Chicago will not let our residents have their fundamental rights isolated and violated. And Chicago will never relinquish our status as a welcoming city."

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants provide money to hundreds of cities, and the Trump administration has requested $380 million in funding next year. Chicago, a regular target of Republican President Donald Trump because of its murder rate, expected to receive $3.2 million this year for purchasing equipment.

Emanuel said the lawsuit would prevent the Trump administration from setting a precedent that could be used to target other funding.

Under Trump and Sessions, the federal government has sought to crack down on sanctuary cities, which generally offer illegal immigrants safe harbor by declining to use municipal resources to enforce federal immigration laws. Dozens of local governments and cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, have joined the growing sanctuary movement.

The Justice Department said more Chicagoans were murdered last year than residents of Los Angeles and New York combined, and cited comments by Sessions last week saying sanctuary cities "make all of us less safe."

Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a Sunday statement: "It's especially tragic that the mayor is less concerned with that staggering figure than he is spending time and taxpayer money protecting criminal aliens and putting Chicago's law enforcement at greater risk."

Police and city officials in sanctuary cities have said deporting illegal immigrants who are not accused of serious crimes harms public safety by discouraging immigrants from coming forward to report crimes.

Chicago's lawsuit is the first to challenge the department over the Byrne program, though city officials said they are in contact with other cities. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is also considering a similar lawsuit, the Sacramento Bee has reported.

The Trump administration has already faced legal battles over its sanctuary city policies. Last month, a U.S. judge refused to revisit a court order that blocked Trump's January executive order denying broader federal funds to such jurisdictions, in a case filed by San Francisco and the California county of Santa Clara.

(Reporting by Chris Kenning in Chicago and Joseph Ax in New York; Additional reporting by Pete Schroeder in Washington; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

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California Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday endorsed the idea of his state taking the Trump administration to federal court over its threat to pull law enforcement funding unless cities agree to cooperate with a federal call for stricter immigration enforcement.

While Brown said the decision would ultimately be left to the state’s attorney general, he argued during an interview set to air Sunday on NBC that “it might just be very helpful to get into court and resolve this in a judicial forum rather than in the rhetoric of politicians talking past one another.”

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“A few judicious forums to resolve this dispute between the federal government and California — I think — can be very helpful for the whole country, and in a dispassionate way,” Brown told NBC's Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press,” according to excerpts of the interview.

He added: “Because this back and forth by politicians, it doesn't really clarify some of the difficulties of the paramount law of the federal government colliding with the sovereign law of the 50 states.”

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is reportedly eyeing such a move. According to a Sacramento Bee report, citing anonymous sources, Becerra is weighing a lawsuit arguing that only Congress, not the federal government, can set the conditions on grant money.

President Donald Trump decried so-called sanctuary cities as a candidate and has vowed to empower officials, like Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to withhold federal grants unless those states, cities and counties agreed to greater cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

According to the Bee's report, California is worried that a program that brought nearly $17 million to the state in fiscal year 2017 could be cut off.

The Justice Department announced in July that localities could lose access to one of their most popular grant programs unless they met its conditions.

2Face · 08-06-2017, 10:24 PM

I totally expect Connecticut cities like New Haven to be joining this!

BeeHive · 08-06-2017, 10:32 PM

Did trump start withholding funds?

Demise · 08-07-2017, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BeeHive

Did trump start withholding funds?

USCIS funds itself. Can't withhold funds from something you don't fund.

BeeHive · 08-07-2017, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Demise

USCIS funds itself. Can't withhold funds from something you don't fund.

Wrong. It doenst fund itself 100%. It uses tax payers money.

Also, I was talking about trump withholding funds to these cities.

Demise · 08-07-2017, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BeeHive

Wrong. It doenst fund itself 100%. It uses tax payers money.

Also, I was talking about trump withholding funds to these cities.

Watch the cities/states just not forward federal taxes. Cities fund this nation.

Also USCIS pays 99% of its own bills, they could hike up some fees or deny all fee waivers and go 100%. It's the assholes at ICE and CBP that would have trouble.

Why do you think USCIS stayed open during last shutdown? Hint hint: It's because they foot majority of their own bill.

IamAman · 08-07-2017, 12:50 PM

I hope this gets stopped at the federal level so it has a better chance at getting stopped at the state level. Texas' SB-4 is going to into effect next month.

DanielPL · 08-07-2017, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by IamAman

I hope this gets stopped at the federal level so it has a better chance at getting stopped at the state level. Texas' SB-4 is going to into effect next month.

I hate to say this but Texas is becoming the next Arizona

IamAman · 08-07-2017, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DanielPL

I hate to say this but Texas is becoming the next Arizona

I agree. Arizona is actually becoming more friendly but Abbott has been going full speed towards making life hard for undocumented people. Fortunately, he's doing a lot of things to tick off citizens too (bathroom bill, etc.)

2MoreYears · 08-07-2017, 11:58 PM

Nothing beats California ❤️.

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