Federal Blocks Trump Order Punishing Sanctuary Cities

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : " Trump issued the order as his second term in office began, and followed it up with a second order in February titled "Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders."
34% : "The Cities and Counties have also demonstrated a likelihood of irreparable harm," Orrick writes in his ruling.
34% : that Federal payments to States and localities do not, by design or effect, facilitate the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration, or abet so-called 'sanctuary' policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation.
31% : "The threat to withhold funding causes them irreparable injury in the form of budgetary uncertainty, deprivation of constitutional rights and undermining trust between the Cities and Counties and the communities they serve.
27% : A lawsuit being led by San Francisco and Santa Clara counties sought an injunction against President Trump's executive order denying federal funds to all cities and counties that decline to cooperate with ICE, and on Thursday, a federal judge granted it.

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