Buried in President Trump's budget proposal released Thursday was an opening salvo against so-called sanctuary cities, local jurisdictions he promised to punish for refusing to cooperate with deportation officers. Trump would use the savings in part to ramp up immigration enforcement personnel in the Department of Justice. “Local law enforcement should not be punished for Congress’ failure to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill,” Feinstein said. “Sanctuary cities are nullifying federal law, taking federal law into their own hands,” said Krikorian, who sent policy proposals to the Trump transition team. The man arrested in her death had been jailed on an immigration law violation after returning to the U.S. despite being deported five times.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 16, 2017 22:30 UTC