The White House threatens sanctuary cities in another EO, but courts are skeptical

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Source: NPR

Updated April 28, 2025 7:29 PM ET


WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed at identifying sanctuary cities, part of a broader effort to target jurisdictions that limit their cooperation with immigration authorities.

The executive order directs the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to identify jurisdictions where local enforcement has declined to cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

"It's quite simple," said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a press briefing on Monday morning. "Obey the law, respect the law, and don't obstruct federal immigration officials and law enforcement officials when they are simply trying to remove public safety threats from our nation's communities."

The executive order could set the stage for more federal lawsuits against cities, states and counties that don't fully cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Those sanctuary jurisdictions argue that collaborating with ICE would drain their resources, and undermine trust between police and immigrant communities.



Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5379614/white-house-threatens-sanctuary-cities-again

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1. U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick said a presidential executive order violates the Constitution's separation-of-powe

U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick said a presidential executive order violates the Constitution’s separation-of-powers principles and spending clause.

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/24/federal-judge-blocks-trump-withholding-funds-sanctuary-cities/

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from pulling federal funds from San Francisco, Santa Clara County, and 14 other cities and counties it deems “sanctuary jurisdictions,” handing another legal blow to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration.

U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick of the Northern District of California granted the preliminary injunction and in his order cited a similar executive action from the Trump administration in 2017 — which Orrick also presided over and blocked — that attempted to halt funds and was found to be unconstitutional nationwide.

Orrick referred to precedent in that ruling and in his order said again that such spending powers are constitutionally vested in Congress. He said attempts by the president to place conditions on federal funds violate the separation of powers.

The administration is restrained and enjoined “from directly or indirectly taking any action to withhold, freeze, or condition federal funds from the Cities and Counties,” Orrick wrote, mandating that the Trump administration “provide written notice of this Order to all federal departments and agencies” by Monday......

In siding with the plaintiffs, Orrick also agreed that the “threat to withhold funding causes them irreparable injury in the form of budgetary uncertainty, deprivation of constitutional rights, and undermining trust between the Cities and Counties and the communities they serve.”

This list is really meaningless

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26. Actual meaning of "Courts are skeptical."

They’re preparing to roll over or kick the case to another court that will either roll over or kick the case to the Supreme Court that will roll over.

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2. Hindsight is 2020

I always catch hell on here for saying the obvious, but only if….
They could have put some real border security actions into affect while Kamala was boarder czar, instead of a failed ploy to make the republicans vote against a border bill, then let her take that and run with it…, then we wouldn’t have a nazi deportation crackdown like we have now 😔

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4. LOL, "BOARDER CZAR"

yeah alrighty then

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20. As it so happens,

she wasn't that either.

[Skittles]

21. it's a rightwing talking point

yup

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22. Exactly.

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24. Parting words

Not that it matters, but I’ve voted democrat every election since the 70’s. It’s easy to post a bunch of crap about the disastrous mess our country is in now. It’s a little harder to look in the mirror and ask yourself how we got here.

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25. Are you leaving so soon? We hardly got to know you!!!

[Brother Buzz]

27. Hello, I Must Be Going

[Lulu KC]

29. A fave!

[Skittles]

28. "I voted democrat"

yeah OK

and stop blaming Dems for Donald Fucking Trump

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30. What were your parting words the last time you left? ...

... Oh yeah, that's right, you get no parting word at a nuking.

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5. That wouldn't have made any difference

Biden had been, to date, deporting more than 45 has and with few coming to the border now, and with "border" (in quotes) having been a ridiculous DECADES LONG GOP "talking point", producing many yearly photo-op stunts, these facts have forced them to resort to rounding up people who are either citizens or have been going through the process.

[GP6971]

6. So....you've been here before? Sure sounds like it.

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8. He's only posted once but is always jumped on for stating the obvious. That's a confession.

[Skittles]

13. yup

and there was no BORDER CZAR, that is a repuke talking point

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7. Posted only once before and you "always catch hell here for saying the obvious"???? ...

... You've just got to explain that????

What in the fuck makes you think Biden had NO real border security????

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9. I don't think they like answering questions...

just a gut feeling.

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11. They feel in deep enough. Returnees think they can just jump back in.

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15. You are correct

I did try this posting stuff previously, and I’m definitely not right wing, but i had to move on, and I guess I probably will again.

I truly believe the Democratic Party can stand for justice and equality in this country AND take on the issues they really don’t want to talk about. But you hate be able to communicate with the all voters who have been brainwashed for years.

Bye

[GP6971]

16. You have confirmed you've been here before. What was your

previous username? It's reasonable for us to ask.

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17. You aren't communicating, that's why we are asking for clarification.

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12. Pure RW smack ...

... "They could have put some real border security actions into affect while Kamala was boarder czar, instead of a failed ploy to make the republicans vote against a border bill". Bullshit.

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14. "Do not post right-wing talking points..."

I always catch hell on here for saying the obvious, but only if….
They could have put some real border security actions into affect while Kamala was boarder czar, instead of a failed ploy to make the republicans vote against a border bill, then let her take that and run with it…, then we wouldn’t have a nazi deportation crackdown like we have now

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18. Exactly. Please alert on this.

[RainCaster]

19. Boarder- said like the genius you are

What a spew of RW bullshit! You're in the wrong place focus. Please take your self righteous spelling and genius posting and go back to Putin Social. You can tell them how you "owned the libs" from your mommies basement.

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23. Hmmm. . .seems like this is "It's all Biden and Harris's fault" and the shitgibbon had no choice but to unleash his

Freikorps.

Unreal how people think this here.

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31. "... but .... but .... but ...."

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32. Welcome to DU

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3. FUCK YOU KAROLINE

WTF do you think the mutli-felon rapist seditionist TRUMP did when he pardoned all the J6 thugs?????

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10. The surgeons asked Karoline and all the other

Female Republicans that surround Trump......"Do you want boobs or brains"?
It is obvious, almost without exception, that every single female that got a position around Trump chose the "REPUBLICAN RACK"