DHS Publishes Hit List Of Sanctuary Cities And Counties

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The Trump administration on Thursday named counties and cities in more than 30 states, including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, as sanctuary jurisdictions it could go after for not complying with federal immigration laws.

President Trump has threatened to pull federal funding and pursue lawsuits against places that don’t change their practices. Sanctuary cities place limits on asking residents about their immigration status and on helping federal officials with immigration enforcement.

That makes it harder for the administration to arrest people who are in the U.S. illegally and makes Trump’s push for mass deportations more difficult. Trump in late April ordered the attorney general and the Department of Homeland Security to identify these cities and states within a month.

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