Overview
- He unveiled the plan at the Detroit Economic Club and declined to specify which federal programs would be affected, saying only that the cuts would be significant.
- The Justice Department’s August list of sanctuary jurisdictions includes more than a dozen states and major cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
- A federal judge has already temporarily blocked an HHS pause affecting about $10 billion in child care and welfare funds to five states, keeping subsidies flowing while litigation proceeds.
- Democratic-led states and cities signaled or filed legal challenges, with officials in New York, Chicago and others vowing to contest any funding cutoff in court.
- Tensions have escalated in Minneapolis after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good, as Minnesota seeks a court order to limit a surge of federal agents deployed to the area.