Major Developments Relating to “Sanctuary” Cities Under the Trump Administration

Since his first week in office, President Trump has attempted to leverage the power of the federal government to coerce state and local law enforcement agencies to assist with his mass detention and deportation agenda – regardless of their own law enforcement priorities, the wishes of their communities, and the U.S. Constitution. Time and again, these illegal efforts by the President and his Attorney General have been rejected by the courts. A month-by-month summary is below.