SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Sunday the city will file a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of federal grant money as a way to force local authorities to cooperate with a crackdown on illegal immigration.
The showdown over so-called sanctuary cities has been months in the making, as some local governments resist federal calls to hold people in jail when asked to do so by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
The lawsuit, to be filed Monday, is coming now, Mr. Emanuel said, because the Justice Department recently required such cooperation for cities to be considered for a long-running federal crime prevention grant, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. Mr. Emanuel said the new rules would require cities to allow the Department of Homeland Security to have unlimited access to local police stations and law-enforcement facilities.
‘Chicago will not be blackmailed into changing our values, and we are and will remain a welcoming City,’ Mr. Emanuel said in a press release Sunday.”
-Valerie Bauerlein, “‘Sanctuary City’ Chicago to File Suit Against Trump Administration,” The Wall Street Journal online, Aug. 7, 2017 12:08am