A federal judge late Friday extended his preliminary injunction that blocks the Trump administration from withholding funds for 34 sanctuary jurisdictions.
Aug. 23 A federal judge has extended his preliminary injunction that blocks the Trump administration from withholding funds for 34 sanctuary jurisdictions.
The „sanctuary cities“ include Boston, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick, who serves in San Francisco, wrote in the 15-page ruling issued Friday night that the government offered to reason for the opposition to the preliminary injunction except it was „wrong in the first place.“
The judge, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, also blocked the Trump administration from imposing conditions on grants that are „for a variety of critical needs.“
On April 24, he issued a preliminary order that „the Cities and Counties are likely to succeed on the merits „because they were unconstitutional violations of the separation of powers and spending clause doctrines and violated the Fifth Amendment, Tenth Amendment and Administrative Procedure Act.
