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Federal funding conditions

The use of federal funding as a means to pressure states and localities to cooperate with immigration enforcement

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Feb 3, 2026

How do state and local 'sanctuary' policies legally interact with federal ICE enforcement?

State and local "sanctuary" policies generally limit cooperation with federal but do not block ICE from carrying out immigration enforcement within those jurisdictions, and courts have repeatedly trea...

Feb 2, 2026

Have Democrats filed lawsuits specifically challenging Trump's termination of benefits for undocumented immigrants?

Democratic officials and attorneys general have indeed sued to block actions that would for immigrants — including lawsuits by and a coalition of states over barring undocumented people from dozens of...

Jan 30, 2026

How have lower federal courts interpreted 8 U.S.C. §1373 and §1644 in cases involving sanctuary jurisdictions?

Lower federal courts have produced a mixed — sometimes contradictory — body of rulings on C. §§ 1373 and 1644: early precedent treated the statutes as a permissible federal limitation on local restric...

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