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Trump orders list of 'sanctuary cities' to target for funding freeze

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    60% ReliableAverage

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  • Politician Portrayal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : DACA recipients get access to state health care marketplace for the first time Jurisdictions on the list will then be reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget to "identify appropriate Federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, including grants and contracts, for suspension or termination, as appropriate.
56% : " "Some State and local officials nevertheless continue to use their authority to violate, obstruct, and defy the enforcement of Federal immigration laws," according to the executive order regarding sanctuary cities.
51% : " The order also directs coordination among the departments of Justice, Defense and Homeland Security to "increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement.
47% : The president also signed an executive order in January that threatened to withhold federal funding from states and local governments that refused to aid in federal immigration enforcement activities.
46% : The order also calls on federal agencies to "take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of State and local laws" that allow students without proper legal authorization to receive in-state tuition, which would include those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
46% : That executive order directed DOJ and DHS to "take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of State and local laws" that allow for students without proper legal authorization to receive in-state tuition, which would include those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
44% : Last week, administration officials cheered the FBI arrest of a Wisconsin judge who they say helped an immigrant in the country without legal authorization escape detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
40% : The Justice Department recently filed a lawsuit against the city of Rochester, New York, over its immigration policies after local law enforcement did not assist federal immigration officials in an arrest.
35% : " This is not the first time the Trump administration has targeted jurisdictions that don't fully cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
34% : Law enforcement resources A second executive order Trump signed Monday provides legal resources for law enforcement officials "who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law.
32% : The Trump administration argued those ordinances in Rochester were impeding federal immigration enforcement.
23% : The signings fell on the eve of Trump's first 100 days of his second term, during which his administration has enacted an immigration crackdown that has led to clashes with the judiciary branch and cities that do not coordinate with federal immigration authorities, often referred to as "sanctuary cities.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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