September 28, 2017
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."
September 18, 2017
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.
August 30, 2017
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.
April 28, 2017
In blocking an executive order provision aimed at barring sanctuary cities from receiving federal funds, a judge once again pointed to President Donald Trump's own past statements, continuing a pattern of the president's rhetorical flourishes showing up to bite him in court.
April 25, 2017
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted a bid by San Francisco and a Silicon Valley county to block President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities for immigrants, in a ruling that slams the president's reference to the order as "a weapon" to be used "against jurisdictions that disagree with his preferred policies."
March 27, 2017
The state of California, 15 technology companies and numerous others have filed amicus briefs urging a California federal court to issue a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities for immigrants.
February 24, 2017
A Silicon Valley county urged a California federal court Thursday to issue a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities for immigrants, saying it could deprive the county of $1.7 billion in necessary funds.