Trump Looks to Withhold Transportation Funds For Sanctuary Cities

[rangerrebew]

Trump Looks to Withhold Transportation Funds For Sanctuary Cities
Rick Moran | 2:52 PM on February 01, 2025
   

Courtesy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
It's an unsettled question left over from the first Trump administration. Can the federal government withhold funds authorized by Congress and earmarked for cities for refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement efforts?
 

In 2017, the Trump administration withheld law enforcement grants to sanctuary cities. Lower courts were back and forth on the legality of the issue, and the Supreme Court never got to rule on it.

In 2025, Trump's Department of Transportation has raised the stakes considerably. Instead of just law enforcement funding, Transportation Department Secretary Sean Duffy has warned sanctuary cities in a letter sent earlier this week that they risk losing billions in DoT funds for roads, bridges, mass transit, and other projects unless they cooperate with immigration enforcement efforts.

Some legal experts think that because the amount of funding that's at stake is so much higher than simply the law enforcement grants that Trump threatened to withhold during his first term, the Supreme Court and most lower courts would strike it down.

https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/02/01/trump-looks-to-withhold-transportation-funds-from-sanctuary-cities-n4936584

[rangerrebew]

Is that all?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Is that all?

Pretty low amount, seems only in the $100 million range across the nation.

https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/hjpc-j5px

[bilo]

Is that all?

The indictments of those harboring criminals will start after Bondi is AG.

[Smokin Joe]

Well, that alone is more than Biden did to stem the flow of illegals and repatriate them. Indictments for obstruction and harboring fugitives (for starters) can happen any time.

[jafo2010]

I agree with  Trump.  End funding.  But unfortunately, the stinking courts are liberal through much of the nation.  They will not stick with Trump. 

And since interstate highways were funded by the federal government, why not make them toll roads in geographic areas that are sanctuary cities?

And how about imposing a federal gas tax on all states allowing sanctuary cities? 

I say make it financially painful for these folks that are not willing to work with the feds to eliminate those that violate our laws.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I agree with  Trump.  End funding.  But unfortunately, the stinking courts are liberal through much of the nation.  They will not stick with Trump. 

And since interstate highways were funded by the federal government, why not make them toll roads in geographic areas that are sanctuary cities?

And how about imposing a federal gas tax on all states allowing sanctuary cities? 

I say make it financially painful for these folks that are not willing to work with the feds to eliminate those that violate our laws.

Not 100% funded, as there is matching funds states have to pony up I think like 10%