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Obama Administration Sanctuary Cities Funding

The Obama administration's policy on funding sanctuary cities for immigration enforcement

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Jan 15, 2026
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Did the Obama administration provide funding to sanctuary cities for immigration enforcement?

The Obama administration did not adopt a policy of broadly withholding federal funds from jurisdictions labeled “sanctuary” and continued to fund local governments through routine federal grant progra...

Jan 15, 2026

How do definitions of “sanctuary” (detainer refusal vs. broader policies) change study outcomes on crime?

How “sanctuary” is defined drives whether researchers detect a crime effect: studies that use a tight, operational definition—counties that refuse ICE detainer requests—tend to find no increase in cri...