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Politics
Ilya Somin

Trump's Unconstitutional Plan to Withhold all Federal Funding From Sanctuary Cities and States

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Donald Trump recently announced he plans to withhold all federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions which restrict assistance to federal immigration deportation efforts, beginning February 1:

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting his administration's immigration policies, expanding on previous threats to cut off resources to the so-called sanctuary cities themselves.

Such an action could have far-reaching impacts across the U.S., potentially even in places that aren't particularly friendly to noncitizens.

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