Federal Funding Fights

President Trump has threatened to withhold unspecified federal payments to jurisdictions he labels "sanctuary" beginning Feb. 1, echoing remarks at the Detroit Economic Club and an August executive order directing DOJ and DHS to compile lists and cut funds. The threat comes after DOJ identified more than 30 jurisdictions (including Minnesota), even as a federal judge has enjoined the administration from withholding funds from 16 jurisdictions, and has provoked local backlash such as a Hennepin County committee resolution condemning ICE and calling for its removal amid reports of an additional 1,000 ICE agents being deployed to the Minneapolis area.