City and County of San Francisco v. Donald J. Trump et al

  1. November 03, 2017

    San Francisco Says Feds Are Inconsistent In Sanctuary Suits

    San Francisco on Thursday urged a California federal court to review what the city considers the federal government's contradictory positions in two related cases that challenge President Donald Trump's positions on withholding federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities.

  2. October 23, 2017

    Permanent Block Of Trump Sanctuary City Order Likely: Judge

    A California federal judge said Monday he's inclined to permanently block the government from enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, but he was reluctant to rule on a separate question of whether certain San Francisco immigration laws run afoul of federal law.

  3. September 28, 2017

    Trump Fights Quick Win Bids In Calif. Sanctuary Cases

    The Trump administration on Thursday urged the Northern District of California to deny quick wins to San Francisco and a California county in their separate bids to permanently block enforcement of an executive order that calls for withholding federal funds from so-called "sanctuary cities."

  4. September 18, 2017

    DOJ Appeals Block Of Trump Sanctuary City Defunding Order

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday said it has appealed to the Ninth Circuit a California federal court's decision to block President Donald Trump's executive order that would withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities for immigrants.

  5. August 30, 2017

    SF, County Ask To Bar Trump's Sanctuary Order Permanently

    California's Santa Clara County and the city of San Francisco are making a bid to block permanently the enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold federal funds from so-called "sanctuary cities," the local governments said Wednesday.

  6. July 12, 2017

    Feds Fight SF, Silicon Valley's Sanctuary City Suits

    U.S. Department of Justice attorneys urged a California federal judge Wednesday to toss suits by San Francisco and a Silicon Valley county seeking to block President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold federal funds from so-called immigrant sanctuary cities, saying withheld funds would "not amount to very much money at all."

  7. June 29, 2017

    Sanctuary City Suits Should Proceed, Calif. Court Is Told

    A California federal court should not toss lawsuits filed by San Francisco and a California county challenging the Trump administration's executive order cracking down on "sanctuary cities" as both municipalities have established they have viable claims against the federal government, a range of supporters argued Wednesday.

  8. June 21, 2017

    San Francisco Says Sanctuary City Suit Is Valid, Despite Memo

    San Francisco hit back on Tuesday at an attempt by the Trump administration to dismiss a suit challenging its "sanctuary cities" executive order, saying that a memorandum released by the attorney general interpreting the order cannot be taken as authoritative.

  9. June 19, 2017

    AGs Urge Court To Prohibit Sanctuary City Policies

    Attorneys general from 10 states on Friday urged a California federal judge in a friend of the court brief to dismiss San Francisco's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities, asserting that local governments had no standing to sue based on the facially constitutional text of the order.

  10. June 07, 2017

    Trump Wants San Francisco's Sanctuary City Fight Tossed

    The Trump administration on Tuesday urged a California federal court to toss San Francisco's challenge to its "sanctuary cities" executive order, arguing that the city has failed to lay out a viable claim that the order would violate the U.S. Constitution.

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