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

  1. January 20, 2026

    Trump Admin Loses Bid To Toss Sanctuary Funding Suit

    A California federal judge rejected the Trump administration's bid Tuesday to toss an amended complaint from dozens of sanctuary jurisdictions pushing back on the threat to withdraw federal funds over their immigration enforcement policies, finding the court already rejected some of the arguments and his "mind is unchanged."

  2. June 24, 2025

    Judge Slams Feds' Grant Terms In Sanctuary Funding Fight

    A California federal judge said federal grants that condition funding on states' cooperation with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown flout a court order blocking the administration from withholding funds from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that limit their cooperation with federal immigration officials.

  3. June 16, 2025

    Sanctuary Cities Rip Feds' Immigration Terms In Funding Fight

    So-called sanctuary jurisdictions told a California federal judge Friday the Trump administration has conditioned entire swaths of federal funding on cooperating with its immigration crackdown, against the judge's April injunction, while the government argued the injunction can't broadly "prejudge an array of distinct issues that are not properly before the court."

  4. June 11, 2025

    Judge Unlikely To Add Migrant Orgs. To Sanctuary Cities Suit

    A California federal judge Wednesday said he wasn't inclined to allow three Los Angeles-based immigrant organizations to intervene in a lawsuit brought by U.S. cities and counties challenging the Trump administration's targeting of sanctuary jurisdictions, saying it could "impede and complicate the case without any real benefit."

  5. May 09, 2025

    Trump's Latest Sanctuary City Order Can't Avoid Injunction

    A California federal judge on Friday clarified that the Trump administration can't use the president's latest executive order targeting sanctuary cities and counties to evade a preliminary injunction blocking it from withholding federal funds from the local governments.

  6. May 08, 2025

    Trump Can't Do 'End Run' To Stop Funds To Sanctuary Cities

    A California federal judge said Thursday he's inclined to issue a clarification to his April 24 preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from "sanctuary" jurisdictions, saying he doesn't want an executive order President Trump issued April 28 used as an "end run" around it.

  7. May 05, 2025

    Judge Details Block On Trump Targeting Sanctuary Cities

    A California federal judge on Friday elaborated on why he preliminarily blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from local jurisdictions that limit their law enforcement's involvement in federal immigration enforcement, saying it doesn't matter that the administration has not yet withheld funds.

  8. April 24, 2025

    'Here We Are Again': Trump Can't Block Sanctuary City Funds

    A California federal judge on Thursday preliminarily blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions" while litigation over the policy is pending, noting that he granted a similar request during the first Trump administration and opining that "here we are again."

  9. April 23, 2025

    Sanctuary Cities Near Block Of Trump Plan To Withhold Funds

    A California federal judge said Wednesday that he's inclined to block a Trump administration plan to withhold federal funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions," saying the cities and counties who sued have demonstrated a "well-founded fear" that the president's executive order and an attorney general directive will deprive them of critical funding.

  10. April 01, 2025

    Trump Admin Pushes Back At Sanctuary City Funding Suit

    The Trump administration urged a California federal judge to deny cities and counties' attempt to block it from withholding funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions," saying their challenge is unripe for review because the federal government hasn't taken any actions against them.