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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Judge blocks White House from defunding 34 municipalities over ‘sanctuary’ policies

A woman speaks in front of a crowd.
Boston’s mayor, Michelle Wu, responds to a letter from the US attorney general demanding that Boston lift its ‘sanctuary city’ policies, on 19 August. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding to 34 “sanctuary cities” and counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration law enforcement, significantly expanding a previous order.

The order, issued on Friday by the San Francisco-based US district judge William Orrick, adds Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as Boston, Baltimore, Denver and Albuquerque, to cities that the administration is barred from denying funding.

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