Sanctuary Cities

A federal appeals court in Chicago says the Trump administration policy of threatening to withhold grant money from so-called sanctuary cities to force them to comply with its more stringent immigration policies violates separation-of-powers provisions.

The acting ICE director said the new law’s restrictions could hinder his officers from assisting in ongoing criminal investigations involving stolen or wanted vehicles

The move to send the specially trained officers to sanctuary cities across the country comes as cities like NYC don’t cooperate with some ICE requests. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Federal agents who normally patrol the U.S. border will be deployed to “sanctuary” cities across the country that are hindering stepped up immigration enforcement, officials said Friday.

Customs and Border Patrol agents, some with tactical training, will be deployed to so-called ‘sanctuary’ cities in an unusual move to step up immigration enforcement in the interior of the country

City officials say the subpoenas lack a legitimate purpose and called them a “political stunt” that seeks information that ICE could obtain through other means

The country’s top immigration official blamed the “sanctuary policies” of New York City on Friday for the sexual assault and killing of a 92-year-old Queens woman, while the mayor’s office decried such rhetoric as “fear, hate and attempts to divide.”

The nation’s top immigration official says the mayor needs to bear some of the responsibility for the rape and death of an elderly Queens woman allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

Top administration officials have been discussing ways to increase pressure on countries with high numbers of citizens who overstay short-term visas, as part of President Donald Trump’s growing focus on immigration heading into his re-election campaign. The administration could introduce new travel restrictions on nationals from those countries, according to two people familiar with the plans who spoke on condition...

The Justice Department escalated its promised crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities Tuesday, saying it will no longer award coveted grant money to cities unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and provide advance notice when someone in the country illegally is about to be released. Under old rules, cities seeking grant money needed only to show they were...

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) and Department of Homeland Security John Kelly were involved in a tense exchange Tuesday when Harris questioned Kelly about sanctuary cities.

Seattle filed a lawsuit Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s executive order that threatens to withhold federal funds from communities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally. Mayor Ed Murray said the order issued in January punishing “sanctuary cities” is unconstitutional and creates uncertainty around the city’s budget. Other governments have sued Trump...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a warning to sanctuary cities in a Monday White House briefing, threatening to pull federal funding for states and cities that do not follow federal code on illegal immigration.