| The White House is threatening to cut federal money for sanctuary cities. The president hasn’t specified exactly which funds he wants to cut, though he set a deadline of Feb. 1. Trump has also not stated which states or cities will be targeted. Check out this explanation of how local governments interact with federal immigration enforcement, and what the White House can and can't require from them:
➡️ A sanctuary city refers to a city, state or county that limits its cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Courts say state and city officers have a right to withhold some cooperation, but cannot block federal agents from doing their work.
➡️ Trump has made similar threats to cut funding before, but courts have sided against his administration in nearly every case. Those courts rule that the federal government cannot use funding to coerce state and local governments into changing immigration policies.
➡️ State and city leaders say working with ICE undermines trust and cooperation between local law enforcement and immigrant communities, hindering crime prevention. | 
