Donald Trump Tells Deputies to Defund Sanctuary Cities, Pro-Migrant GroupsWarner Todd Huston 21 Jan 2025
Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump told his deputies on Monday to draft rules to deny taxpayer funds to so-called “sanctuary” cities and NGOs — Non-Governmental Organizations — that support illegal migrants.
Among his long list of executive orders (EOs) was one entitled “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” aimed squarely at sanctuary jurisdictions.
In section 17 of this EO, for instance, Trump sent a shot over the bow of “sanctuary jurisdictions” to warn them that they had better not interfere with legal federal law enforcement actions or risk losing federal dollars.
“The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, to the maximum extent possible under law, evaluate and undertake any lawful actions to ensure that so-called ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions, which seek to interfere with the lawful exercise of Federal law enforcement operations, do not receive access to Federal funds,” section 17 states.
This section could impact cities such as Chicago and Denver, both of which have mayors who have loudly proclaimed their resistance to the incoming Trump administration’s highly popular policy of deporting criminal illegals.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, for instance, vowed in November to use his city police force as his personal shock troops to physically prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement from doing their jobs. Trump, though, is sending a warning flare that Johnston and others better rethink their plans.
In a second clause, the order also warns officials of “sanctuary” areas that they risk being arrested for that interference.
“Further, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall evaluate and undertake any other lawful actions, criminal or civil, that they deem warranted based on any such jurisdiction’s practices that interfere with the enforcement of Federal law,” the Trump order states.
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