Sanctuary Cities Join Forces in First Meeting of Its Kind
On Monday, March 27, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated Trump’s threats to cut funding to sanctuary cities, local elected officials from across the country gathered to plan how we can fight back together. Seeking Sanctuary: Municipal Policy to Confront Mass Deportation and Criminalization, a national convening hosted by Local Progress, Center for Popular…
Trump takes aim at 'sanctuary cities' with a proposal to cut more than $200 million in local funds – LA Times
Buried in President Trump’s budget proposal is an opening salvo against so-called sanctuary cities, local jurisdictions that he promised to punish for refusing to cooperate with deportation officers.