{"id":8481,"date":"2026-01-15T13:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/democrats-shrug-as-trump-threatens-sanctuary-cities-again-with-february-funding-cutoff\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:28:16","slug":"democrats-shrug-as-trump-threatens-sanctuary-cities-again-with-february-funding-cutoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/democrats-shrug-as-trump-threatens-sanctuary-cities-again-with-february-funding-cutoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats shrug as Trump threatens \u2018sanctuary\u2019 cities again with February funding cutoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ICE-Oregon.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Department of Homeland Security police clash with protesters at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility south of downtown Portland, Ore. President Donald Trump continues to threaten federal funding both to \u201csanctuary cities\u201d such as Portland and the states where they\u2019re located. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt\/Oregon Capital Chronicle)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Department of Homeland Security police clash with protesters at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility south of downtown Portland, Ore. President Donald Trump continues to threaten federal funding both to \u201csanctuary cities\u201d such as Portland and the states where they\u2019re located. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt\/Oregon Capital Chronicle)<\/p>\n<p><span>President Donald Trump\u2019s threat this week to stop federal funding to both so-called \u201csanctuary\u201d cities and the states where they\u2019re located was greeted with disbelief by many states and cities since the administration has fared poorly on that issue in court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe will go to court within seconds, and we will win if he does this. It\u2019s already proven unlawful. We\u2019ve already won multiple times,\u201d California Attorney General Rob Bonta <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/bay-area-could-lose-billions-trump-cuts-funding-sanctuary-cities-attorney-general-rob-bonta-says-unlawful\/18401281\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>told ABC News7<\/span><\/a><span> in San Francisco on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThose are funds that belong to the people of Chicago, not the President,\u201d Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2026\/january\/statement-federal-funding-threat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span>. There were similar reactions in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2026\/01\/14\/healey-takes-on-trumps-threats-to-cut-funding-to-sanctuary-cities-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Massachusetts<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/14\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani-doubles-down-on-nyc-sanctuary-city-status-vows-to-fight-trump-funding-threat\/?utm_sf_cserv_ref=17469289&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_sf_post_ref=651455624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>New York City<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump, speaking Tuesday to the Detroit Economic Club, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-sanctuary-cities-states-federal-funding-f0bb01398d9d955a498170e7334ce14a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> he would cut off \u201cany payments\u201d starting Feb. 1 \u201cto sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities, because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump was responding to those communities with policies against helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest people suspected of living illegally in the United States. States and cities reacting thus far have said it would be illegal for the Trump administration to withhold all federal funding, noting that judges have made that clear in recent rulings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cities and states with so-called sanctuary policies generally refuse to assist with immigration raids and refuse some requests for local jails to hold prisoners for deportation, depending on the crimes involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There\u2019s no universal definition of a \u201csanctuary city,\u201d but the U.S. Department of Justice <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-publishes-list-sanctuary-jurisdictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>published a list<\/span><\/a><span> in August that includes 12 states, the District of Columbia, four counties and 18 cities. States either listed as sanctuary by themselves or as including one of the cities were: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Trump administration is attempting to force more cooperation with immigration arrests. But it suffered a serious <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2025\/08\/19\/trump-administration-vows-to-come-after-sanctuary-states-and-cities-despite-court-setbacks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>court reversal<\/span><\/a><span> last July, when a federal judge\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.ilnd.473062\/gov.uscourts.ilnd.473062.86.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>dismissed<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0a federal sanctuary policies case against Illinois, Chicago and surrounding Cook County.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\" newsroomBlockQuoteContainer  \">\n<div class=\"newsroomBlockQuoteSVGContainer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"newsroomBlockQuoteQuoteContainer\">\n<p class=\"newsroomBlockQuote \">We will go to court within seconds, and we will win if he does this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsroomBlockQuoteAuthorContainer\">\n<p><b>\u2013 California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Democrat<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The state and local policies reflect a \u201cdecision to not participate in enforcing civil immigration law \u2014 a decision protected by the Tenth Amendment,\u201d U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins wrote. That order is now under appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A California judge also issued a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2025\/08\/29\/cities-respond-to-trumps-sanctuary-threats-as-judge-extends-protection-from-threatened-cuts\/#:~:text=U.S.%20District,similar%20sanctuary%20policies.\" target=\"_blank\"><span>preliminary injunction<\/span><\/a><span> in August stopping the Trump administration from cutting unrelated funding over sanctuary policies. The injunction covers 50 areas in 14 states. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.444175\/gov.uscourts.cand.444175.246.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>That case<\/span><\/a><span> is also now on hold pending an appeal by the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In that case, U.S. District Judge William Orrick ruled that the Trump orders to stop funding over immigration policy were \u201ccoercive\u201d and \u201cintended to commandeer local officials into enforcing federal immigration practices and law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Stateline reporter Tim Henderson can be reached at\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:thenderson@stateline.org\"><i><span>thenderson@stateline.org<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"snrPubNote\">\n<p>This story was originally produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2026\/01\/14\/democrats-shrug-as-trump-threatens-sanctuary-cities-again-with-february-funding-cutoff\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stateline<\/a>, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Missouri Independent, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Homeland Security police clash with protesters at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility south of downtown Portland, Ore. President Donald Trump continues to threaten federal funding both to \u201csanctuary cities\u201d such as Portland and the states where they\u2019re located. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt\/Oregon Capital Chronicle) President Donald Trump\u2019s threat this week to stop&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democrats shrug as Trump threatens \u2018sanctuary\u2019 cities again with February funding cutoff - WestplexNews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/democrats-shrug-as-trump-threatens-sanctuary-cities-again-with-february-funding-cutoff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Democrats shrug as Trump threatens \u2018sanctuary\u2019 cities again with February funding cutoff - WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Department of Homeland Security police clash with protesters at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility south of downtown Portland, Ore. 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