Overview
- Trump announced in a Detroit speech and reiterated online that the federal government will stop payments to jurisdictions with sanctuary policies starting Feb. 1.
- He did not detail which funds or governments are targeted, though a Justice Department list names sanctuary jurisdictions including California, New York, Illinois, and major cities such as New York City and Chicago.
- Federal judges previously blocked similar attempts to condition or freeze funding over sanctuary policies, and officials in Chicago, New York, and other jurisdictions said they will sue again.
- Recent funding actions already taken include an HHS freeze on childcare and related aid to five states that a judge temporarily halted and a CMS plan to withhold $515 million quarterly from Minnesota Medicaid programs under a fraud review.
- Tensions have escalated in Minnesota, where the state asked a federal judge to halt a surge of immigration agents after last week’s fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, with the court setting a briefing schedule for next week.