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.
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
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
The Trump Administration’s actions attempt to illegally defund sanctuary jurisdictions and commandeer local law enforcement to do the federal government’s job
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
