December 14, 2017
The Trump administration is appealing to the Ninth Circuit a California federal judge's decision blocking enforcement of an executive order to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, according to court documents filed on Thursday.
July 20, 2017
A California federal judge ruled Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice's recent attempts to narrow the scope of President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold federal funds from so-called "sanctuary cities" did not justify the revocation of an injunction on the order.
July 12, 2017
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."
June 29, 2017
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.
May 22, 2017
The Trump administration asked a California federal judge Monday to reconsider a decision blocking its executive order over withholding funding from so-called sanctuary cities in the wake of a new interpretation that narrows any affected grants to those from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, saying the new guidance erases constitutional concerns.
May 19, 2017
Seeking a preliminary injunction is never an easy decision in a case. But with approximately $1.7 billion in annual federal funding riding on the federal government's ability to potentially punish a California county for being a "sanctuary jurisdiction," attorneys with Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP understood that the community had limited options it could choose from.