A federal judge just ruled that Trump can't withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid to states with Sanctuary cities!
States rights! The judges ruling is effective immediately nationwide in all 50 states. Fuck you Trump!
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A federal judge today ruled in favor of the City of Chicago stopping Attorney General Jeff Sessions from withholding federal grants for public safety programs because it has declared itself a Sanctuary City ? and made his ruling effective nationwide."
A Federal Judge Just Gave Liberal Cities a Huge Victory Over Trump
Chicago officials led by Mayor Rahm Emanuel argued that penalizing cities for protecting undocumented immigrants was unlawful and unconstitutional and that Sessions did not have the authority to block federal grant programs over the issue.
The cities and states who opposed Sessions are concerned if he gets away with yanking funding in this instance, he will use that as a tool to get even more power and affect all kinds of other federal grants.
In his 41-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber said he was imposing his ruling immediately across the country because there was a real danger that a community?s relationship with its immigrants could be damaged without quick action.
?The harm to the city?s relationship with the immigrant community if it should accede to the conditions is irreparable,? ruled Leinenweber.
?Once such trust is lost,? added Leinenweber, ?it cannot be repaired through an award of money damages, making it the type of harm that is especially hard to rectify.?
This is a major setback for the Trump administration which has made its anti-immigrant and undocumented alien efforts a cornerstone of its America First agenda.
It is also a big win for Emanuel, who served as President Obama?s Chief of Staff before leaving to run for office in Chicago.