Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered the Justice Department to pause funding for so-called 'sanctuary cities,' including New York City. The memo states that cities and states that do not cooperate with immigration enforcement operations will not receive federal funding. Bondi has also initiated a 60-day pause in distributing funds to evaluate agreements with NGOs supporting 'illegal aliens'.
New Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered the Justice Department to pause funding for so-called "sanctuary cities," a list that includes New York City.A memo put out by Bondi says, in effect, that sanctuary cities and states that do not cooperate and interfere with immigration enforcement operations will not receive any federal funding.
Bondi has also directed a 60-day pause in distribution of funds as work is done to identify and evaluate funding agreements with non-governmental organizations that provide support to "illegal aliens."JUMP TO: LIST OF SANCTUARY CITIESAccording to the Center for Immigration Studies, in 2023, the DOJ provided $1.56B in funding to sanctuary cities.Courts have repeatedly upheld the legality of the range of sanctuary laws. The laws do not allow local law enforcement to actively interfere with federal operations. The first Trump White House also tried to deny public safety grants to sanctuary jurisdictions, but courts also largely rejected those attempts.On Thursday, the Trump administration sued Chicago alleging that "sanctuary' laws in the nation's third-largest city "thwart" federal efforts to enforce immigration laws."Such actions could disrupt critical programs funded by federal dollars, including public safety initiatives, disaster relief, housing support and healthcare services. These cuts are not just an attack on immigrants, they are an assault on the well-being of every resident in these cities," said the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a non-profit organization dedicated to the needs and rights of refugees and immigrants.California Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta said he is monitoring the directive's implementation."We won’t hesitate to respond if the Trump administration attempts to delay or unlawfully condition vital public safety funding for state and local law enforcement," he said in a statement.Immigration advocates expect the administration to use a range of political tools against sanctuary jurisdictions, from legislation to Bondi’s directives to threats to restrict funding from agencies including the Department of Transportation."This is going to be an ongoing attack on all fronts and in multiple agencies," Kerri Talbot, the co-executive director of the Immigration Hub, a pro-immigration policy group, told reporters.It is unclear how this law will affect New York City.It is known that Mayor Eric Adams has been speaking with ICE and the NYPD has been assisting ICE with those migrants with a criminal record. Sanctuary jurisdictions are listed below, via the Center for Immigration Studies.CaliforniaRhode IslandColumbia CountySt. Joseph CountyKansasDouglas CountyKentuckyCampbell CountyHancock CountyMarylandBaltimorePrince George's CountyLeelanau CountyWexford CountyMinnesotaAnoka CountyLyon CountyBlaine CountyMcPherson CountyChaves CountyHidalgo CountyQuay CountySanta Fe CountyMonroe CountySuffolk CountyYates CountyNorth CarolinaBuncombe CountyWake CountyMahoning CountyPennsylvaniaAllegheny CountyMontgomery CountyYorkSouth CarolinaCharleston CountyTennesseeShelby CountyVirginia * Denotes the jurisdiction is part of a regional jail system. Please click on map point for further information.Albemarle County *Augusta County *Caroline CountyColonial Heights *Fairfax CountyHarrisonburg *King William County *Mathews County *Northumberland County *Prince William County *Russell County *Surry County *Westmoreland County *Winnebago Correctional Center WyomingTeton County
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