‘Sanctuary’ cities are getting their grants despite threats

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — About 18 months after the Trump administration threatened to withhold law enforcement grants from nearly 30 places around the country it felt weren’t doing enough to work with federal immigration agents, all but one have received or been cleared to get the money, the Justice Department said.

In most cases, courts chipped away at the crackdown that escalated in November 2017 with letters from former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to 29 cities, metro areas, counties or states it considered as having adopted “sanctuary policies” saying those policies may violate federal law.

Of those 29 jurisdictions — which include cities as large as Los Angeles and as small as Burlington, Vermont — only Oregon has yet to be cleared to receive the grants from 2017, a Justice Department spokesman told The Associated Press this week....

https://www.apnews.com/cbb6091bebd94f56889ceef6c3899460

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A court does not authorize expenditures.  Congressional or legislative bodies do, and Executive dispenses.

There should be no problem in telling a court to pound sand.  The only thing needed is a stronger will to tell them so.

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A court does not authorize expenditures.  Congressional or legislative bodies do, and Executive dispenses.

There should be no problem in telling a court to pound sand.  The only thing needed is a stronger will to tell them so.

Something that seems to be sadly lacking.