House to Take Up Bill Blocking Money for ‘Sanctuary Cities’

The House will take up a bill this week blocking funding for so-called “sanctuary cities” that resist turning over immigrants to federal authorities.

(L-R) Viridiana Carrizales of San Antonio, Texas; Jose Patino, of Phoenix; and his girlfriend Reyna Montoya of Mesa react during a watch party for President Obama's speech on immigration at the Puente offices in Phoenix on Nov. 20, 2014. David Wallace/The Republic via AP

WASHINGTON—The House will take up a bill this week blocking funding for so-called “sanctuary cities” that resist turning over immigrants to federal authorities.

The move follows the shooting death of a woman in San Francisco this month, allegedly by an immigrant with a criminal record and without legal status.

San Francisco authorities had released the man despite a request from federal officials to keep him in custody.

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