Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson shoots down the Trump administration’s proposal.

The agency warns that it will pull federal money unless sanctuary jurisdictions prove compliance with federal immigration laws.

The White House fumes over DACA ruling, while Congress debates a deal for Dreamers and comprehensive reform.

“This case is a check on the president’s abuse of power, which is exactly what the framers of the Constitution had in mind.”

Municipalities that agreed to help the federal government detain immigrants received special consideration for funding.

And Immigration and Customs Enforcement just wrapped up a four-day raid of sanctuary cities.

But the Trump Administration may find other ways to attack sanctuary cities—and the proposed 2018 fiscal year budget might be one of them.

The group is worried about law enforcement racial profiling.

Senate Bill 4, which goes into effect on September 1,  punishes cities, counties, elected officials and campuses that don’t collaborate with federal immigration enforcement. It also makes it a criminal offense for police chiefs or sheriffs to violate the ban.

Fair Punishment Project’s Jessica Brand: “If mayors truly want to protect immigrants from deportation, they need to act swiftly to end harmful criminal justice practices that criminalize poverty.”

A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump Administration’s efforts to withhold federal funding from self-designated sanctuary cities.

The attorney general says his agency will withhold funding from cities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration agents.

The protests emerged in response to Donald Trump’s committment to cutting federal funding to sanctuary cities and deporting millions of undocumented immigrants.

In the shadow of Donald Trump’s pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and crack down on sanctuary cities, students at schools across the country are planning walk-outs and other actions to demand their campuses remain safe for undocumented people.

The president-elect promises to end funding to these safe havens for undocumented immigrants.

Under order from new mayor Jim Kenney, Philadelphia will once again halt most collaboration between local police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi—who faced tremendous criticism for his Sanctuary City policy and previous domestic violence convictions—was defeated in yesterday’s election. 

The mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts, went after GOP candidate Jindal over the comments he made saying that mayors of sanctuary cities should be imprisoned.