Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired a broadside at so-called "sanctuary cities" Monday, telling reporters local policies of noncooperation with immigration authorities are "dangerous" and will cost communities federal funding. In the Trump administration's most pointed warning yet, Sessions said federal law allows withholding of federal funding to sanctuary cities, and signaled that such measures will soon be taken. The DOJ will withhold, and could potentially "claw back" grants to localities out of compliance with federal immigration law, Sessions said. Sessions, an early supporter of Trump's candidacy, is a longtime illegal immigration hawk who helped drive Trump's winning platform plank on the subject. That case has reignited the debate about illegal immigration and sanctuary policies.

Source: Fox News March 27, 2017 18:07 UTC