I’ll confess that I didn’t see this one coming. One of the many decisions the President made in pushing border security and combatting illegal immigration was to channel federal grant money away from sanctuary cities who refuse to cooperate with ICE, prioritizing such funds for jurisdictions that were trying to aid federal law enforcement. One of those funds was the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant program. Los Angeles is one of the biggest sanctuary cities in the country and they were passed over for three million dollars in COPS funds, so they did what the #RESIST movement always does. They sued.
The city convinced a district court to see things their way order the White House to restore the grant money, but now the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Trump administration was within their rights to prioritize the awarding of such grants as they see fit. Holy cow. When you’ve lost the Ninth Circuit… (The Hill)
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s efforts to prioritize federal dollars for local policing to towns and cities that complied with certain immigration policies.
The ruling, a split 2-1 decision, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) was within its rights to withhold Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants from sanctuary cities and states over their refusal to work with federal immigration enforcement authorities and instead prioritize agencies that focused on unauthorized immigration and agreed to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to jail records and immigrants in custody.
I found this surprising on a couple of counts. The first and most obvious shocker was that you could find anyone on the 9th Circuit to agree with the Trump administration about anything. But beyond that, the question of the COPS grants seemed like one of the areas where the sanctuary cities might have a better chance. Those grants aren’t really designated for anything to do with immigration enforcement. They’re awarded to cities to help them put more police out on the beat and improve community relations with law enforcement.
With that in mind, it seemed as if the plaintiffs did have a fairly decent case to claim that the “punishment didn’t fit the crime” in terms of withholding the grants. But obviously, the Court of Appeals didn’t agree, seeing money doled out by the Justice Department for purposes of law enforcement in a more generic fashion.
about time. now to bury the fat ass chi mayor with shit for brains.
Trump isnt keeping money away from these cities, its the department heads that are following the law.
The left, as always has carried the original concept of sanctuary to screaming retard levels.
At some point some judge must just say, “Well, DUH!!” Aiding and abetting illegal immigration and illegal immigrants is against the law. Interfering with law enforcement is against the law. The federal government has every right to refuse or revoke taxpayer dollars to people who violate state and federal laws.
And Trump needs to get the $3 billion or so back from California for that high-speed rail boondoggle, too. Worthless, lying, incompetent liberals.
@Deplorable Me:
There are many, many federal grant dollars that are given to cities. Money for police and fire departments, streets, public libraries, the list is long. Every one of those grants should cease to sanctuary cities. Congress should pass a law that if a city/state refuses to adhere to federal law, the money flow from D.C. stops immediately.
@retire05: Liberals regularly threaten to or deny funds for violations of EPA standards. That was all OK then, even when it was due to periods of no wind and high temperatures.
So, my advice to them is, “SUCK IT”.
Time to totaly cut off all funding to all sanctuary cities and hold them liable for all crimes commited by illegal aliens any city that bans ICE agents should have their City Councils and Mayors arrested
@Spurwing Plover: Anyone in city government that votes for sanctuary activities should be arrested, tried and imprisoned.
@Deplorable Me: Please, correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t most/all Government officials take an oath of office? Why the heck aren’t they being arrested for breaking Federal Immigration law AND their oath of office. Of course that could apply to several idiots in Congress.
@Boris Badenov: Perhaps because they also have their tentacles into the justice system where only when law enforcement can further the liberal agenda is it deployed vigorously?