Trump promised to make America a safer place from criminal illegal immigrants and that's exactly what he's doing.
Love him or hate him, this is why he was elected.
President Trump on Thursday said his administration is moving forward with withholding funding from sanctuary cities after an appeals court ruled that such a move was legal – part of a broad push by the administration to end the controversial policies that it says makes Americans less safe.
“As per recent Federal Court ruling, the Federal Government will be withholding funds from Sanctuary Cities. They should change their status and go non-Sanctuary,” he said. “Do not protect criminals!”
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York last month overturned a lower court ruling that stopped the administration’s 2017 move to withhold grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, which dispenses over $250 million a year to state and local criminal justice efforts.
The decision conflicts with rulings from other appeals courts across the country concerning sanctuary policies, indicating a Supreme Court review is ultimately likely.
New York City and liberal states, including New York, Washington, Massachusetts and Connecticut, sued the government, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York backed them – ordering the money be released and stopping the government from putting immigration-related conditions on grants.
But the appeals court ruled that it “cannot agree that the federal government must be enjoined from imposing the challenged conditions on the federal grants here at issue.”
Sanctuaries policies limit local cooperation with immigration authorities and bar law enforcement from complying with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers – requests that ICE be alerted when an illegal immigrant is being released from local custody.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 21: A factory wall with painted graffiti can be seen May 21, 2017 in the Los Angeles Police Department's 77th Division neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. Rivalries between Bloods in red and Crips in blue are on-going feuds played out with graffiti battles by crossing one off with an opposing color and monikers of their gang. The neighborhood is a known gang influenced area. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)