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Sanctuary Cities

City Attorney Dennis Herrera at a press conference announcing his lawsuit against President Trump for his unconstitutional executive order targeting sanctuary cities.

On January 31, 2017 City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration for his executive order directing enforcement action against sanctuary cities and threatening to withhold federal funding from these cities. The suit claims that the order is unconstitutional and exceeds the president’s power. Updates will be posted here as the case develops.

Federal court blocks Trump Administration from withholding funds to sanctuary jurisdictions

April 25, 2025April 24, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Court order prevents the Trump Administration from commandeering local law enforcement and coercing cities and counties into taking on the federal government’s immigration responsibilities

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco and Santa Clara County issue statement in advance of hearing in sanctuary lawsuit against Trump Administration

April 22, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
The Trump Administration’s illegal overreach attempts to cut funding to sanctuary jurisdictions to coerce enforcement of federal civil immigration law

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco and Santa Clara County-led coalition seeks injunction to stop federal overreach against sanctuary jurisdictions

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Motion seeks to immediately prevent the Trump Administration’s illegal attempts to cut funding to sanctuary jurisdictions to coerce enforcement of federal civil immigration law

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

16 cities and counties join lawsuit protecting sanctuary jurisdictions from illegal federal overreach

April 21, 2025February 28, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Local governments across the US join San Francisco and Santa Clara County in legal challenge to federal actions aimed at sanctuary policies

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco leads lawsuit protecting sanctuary jurisdictions from illegal federal overreach

April 21, 2025February 7, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
The Trump Administration’s actions attempt to illegally defund sanctuary jurisdictions and commandeer local law enforcement to do the federal government’s job

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco City Attorney and Attorneys General file suit to protect birthright citizenship

January 28, 2025January 21, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Lawsuit challenges President Trump’s Executive Order that upends the century-old principle that those born in the United States are citizens

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

City Attorney Chiu statement on inauguration of Donald Trump

January 28, 2025January 20, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
In inauguration speech, Donald Trump lays out dark path forward based on personal grievance and paranoia

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco and County of Santa Clara conclude ‘public charge’ lawsuit

January 28, 2025February 2, 2023 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Voluntary dismissal concludes years-long legal battle that successfully protected immigrant communities from xenophobic Trump immigration rule

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

Respondents San Francisco and Santa Clara County issue statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s dismissal of ‘public charge’ case

January 9, 2024June 15, 2022 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
City Attorney and County Counsel praise the Court’s decision to allow the lower court decision to stand, rejecting an Arizona-led effort to intervene in litigation involving obsolete Trump immigration rule

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco joins amicus brief urging U.S. Supreme Court to vacate harmful immigration ruling

January 9, 2024March 22, 2022 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Brief argues Trump immigration policy has untold psychological and economic consequences for asylum seekers and the communities they live in

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

California respondents issue statement in advance of U.S. Supreme Court ‘public charge’ case oral arguments

January 9, 2024February 22, 2022 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Case concerns Arizona-led effort to intervene in litigation involving obsolete Trump immigration rule

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco, County of Santa Clara, State of California File Briefs in U.S. Supreme Court ‘Public Charge’ Rule Case

January 9, 2024January 12, 2022 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Briefs respond to Arizona-led effort to intervene in litigation over now-defunct Trump-era immigration rule

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco joins amicus brief urging federal court to support DACA program

January 9, 2024December 17, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Sixty-five local governments and advocacy organizations come together to support Dreamers

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

Another court rules San Francisco’s sanctuary policies comply with federal law

April 15, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Right-wing lawsuit against the Sheriff is dismissed

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

Final victory for San Francisco in sanctuary city case against Trump administration

March 4, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
USDOJ drops appeal, U.S. Supreme Court dismisses case

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

Court again rules that San Francisco’s sanctuary policies comply with federal law

August 19, 2020July 13, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Court of Appeals also invalidates USDOJ conditions on federal grants

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco and Santa Clara County sue to block federal rule that penalizes lawful immigrants

September 30, 2019August 13, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
"This lawsuit is designed to put a stop to this illegal scheme and force the companies involved to pay their victims back."
‘Public charge’ rule makes using food, health care or housing assistance grounds for inadmissibility or denial of a green card

Categories Defending Public Funds, News, Sanctuary Cities

Herrera’s statement on federal rule denying aid to immigrants

August 12, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
‘We will use all of the legal tools at our disposal to fight this.’

Categories Defending Public Funds, News, Sanctuary Cities

Herrera statement on 2020 census victory

July 2, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
‘The census is supposed to count everyone in the country. Period. It is about facts, not partisanship.’

Categories Defending Public Funds, Defending Voters' Will, Major Case, News, Sanctuary Cities

Herrera statement on Supreme Court ruling in census case

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
‘Under the Constitution, the census is supposed to count everyone in the country. It is about facts, not partisanship.’

Categories Defending Public Funds, News, Sanctuary Cities Tags census, U.S. Supreme Court
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