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Trump’s New Sanctuary City Order Hits the Same Legal Wall
Trump signed a new executive order on April 28 trying to force sanctuary jurisdictions into line by threatening federal money and additional enforcement action. The order directed the Justice Department and Homeland Security to identify places the administration says are obstructing immigration enforcement. It was billed as a hard reset on local noncooperation, but it looked a lot more like a rerun of an argument the administration has already been losing in court. The immediate effect was to intensify the standoff rather than settle it.