Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin from Withholding Federal Funds from Los Angeles, and more Sanctuary Jurisdictions

A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from withholding federal funding from more than 30 so-called sanctuary jurisdictions including Los Angeles, Baltimore, Boston and Chicago that have declined to cooperate with the Republican president’s hardline immigration crackdown.

U.S. District Judge William Orrick an injunction that he initially issued in April covering 16 cities and counties including San Francisco, where he is based, to cover a new batch of local governments that recently joined the case and sought to be protected under his court order.

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