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Federal Appeals Court Blocks Withholding of Funds for Sanctuary Jurisdictions

Federal Appeals Court Blocks Withholding of Funds for Sanctuary Jurisdictions
Then-U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington on May 20, 2009. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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A federal appeals court has struck down a Trump administration policy that withholds millions of dollars in law enforcement grants from so-called sanctuary states as part of a campaign to pressure them to cooperate with immigration law enforcement, which is a federal responsibility.

Getting tough on illegal immigration has been President Donald Trump’s signature issue.