Mayors of such cities condemned the White House plan on Friday, with most dismissing it as an unrealistic political stunt. Some already have waged successful legal battles against the Trump administration’s threat two years ago to slash federal funding to sanctuary cities. Congress has allocated billions of dollars for this system, and none of it involves transporting immigrants to sanctuary cities — which some say makes the president’s plan illegal. Jeanie Nguyen, 18, who supports sanctuary cities, argues with Roslyn La Liberte, 64, outside of the Los Alamitos City Hall in California last year. But generally that is limited to a provision in federal law that says local governments cannot prohibit communication between police and federal immigration agents.

Source: Washington Post April 13, 2019 00:49 UTC