"A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a Trump administration plan to reduce disaster relief and anti-terrorism funding for states with so-called "sanctuary" policies for undocumented immigrants. District Judge Mary S. McElroy granted the temporary restraining order curtailing the cuts at the request of California, 10 other states and the District of Columbia, which argued in a lawsuit Monday that the policy appeared to have illegally cost them hundreds of millions of dollars."
"California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta cheered the decision as the state's latest win in pushing back against what he described as a series of unlawful, funding-related power grabs by the administration. "Over and over, the courts have stopped the Trump Administration's illegal efforts to tie unrelated grant funding to state policies," Bonta said. "It's a little thing called state sovereignty, but given the President's propensity to violate the Constitution, it's unsurprising that he's unfamiliar with it.""
"Neither the White House nor the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the funding and notified the states of the cuts, immediately responded to a request for comment Tuesday. Sanctuary policies are not uniform and the term is imprecise, but it generally refers to policies that bar states and localities - and their local law enforcement agencies - from participating in federal immigration raids or other enforcement initiatives."
District Judge Mary S. McElroy issued a temporary restraining order halting a plan to reduce disaster relief and anti-terrorism grants for states with sanctuary policies. California, 10 other states and the District of Columbia sued, saying the policy appeared to have illegally cost them hundreds of millions of dollars and that the reductions disproportionately targeted blue states while red states saw increases. California Attorney General Rob Bonta praised the decision as a defense of state sovereignty and criticized the administration's efforts to tie unrelated grant funding to state policies. The White House and Department of Homeland Security did not immediately comment.
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