Overview

• President Donald Trump announced his administration is finalizing a policy to withhold all federal funding from sanctuary cities and states.
• The policy is part of a larger effort to enforce stricter immigration measures and implement a mass deportation operation.
• Sanctuary jurisdictions limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, such as refusing to hold arrested individuals for additional time requested by ICE.
• Trump criticized sanctuary cities on Truth Social, claiming they protect criminals and harm the country's global reputation.
• Resistance from sanctuary cities has hindered the administration's efforts to carry out what it describes as the 'largest-ever' deportation operation.