Immigration Policy: Sanctuary Cities and Immigration Officials

immigration policy: Trump called the sanctuary cities order a weapon against communities that disagree with his preferred immigration policy, Orrick said, according to CTV. The judge also cited a February interview in which he said the president threatened to cut off funding to California, saying the state in many ways is out of control. In a ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick quoted Trump to support his decision to block the president's order to withhold funding from sanctuary cities that do not co-operate with U.S. immigration officials. The first comment was evidence that the administration intended the executive order to apply broadly to all sorts of federal funding, and not a relatively small pot of grant money as the Department of Justice had argued, the judge said. Orrick's ruling was another immigration policy setback for the administration as it approaches its 100th day in office later this month. The second statement showed the two California governments that sued to block the order -- San Francisco and Santa Clara County -- had good reason to believe they would be targeted, Orrick said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.