JUST IN: Obama-Appointed Federal Judge Blocks President Trump's Sanctuary City Executive Order * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Sanctuary cities or states are not official terms - the labels refer to a state, city, county or municipality that has enacted laws that either explicitly or effectively prevent or limit local officials from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
42% : Orrick wrote that the executive orders' directives "violate the Tenth Amendment because they impose coercive condition intended to commandeer local officials into enforcing federal immigration practices and law." "They also violate the Fifth Amendment to the extent they are unconstitutionally vague and violate due process," he added.
39% : A federal judge issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration's executive order to prohibit federal funds from going to places considered sanctuary jurisdictions. U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick, who was nominated to the Northern District of California by Barack Obama, said the executive orders to "withhold, freeze, or condition federal funding apportioned to localities by Congress, violate the Constitution's separation of powers principles and the Spending Clause.
31% : Orrick had blocked a similar effort by Trump during his first term in office, finding that his executive order was "unconstitutional" and that the plaintiffs "faced irreparable harm absent an injunction."
24% : " President Trump issued executive orders instructing Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to withhold federal funds from 'sanctuary cities' that do not cooperate with federal immigration law.

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