Trump Signs New Orders Targeting Sanctuary Cities, Police Reform
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A Department of Homeland Security officer watches as protestors gather in New York City, on March 10.
Photographer: David Dee Delgado/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump signed new executive orders bolstering his anti-immigration agenda on Monday afternoon. One order targets sanctuary cities with a mandate to the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to publish a list of “states and local jurisdictions that obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration law” and to identify federal funds that can be stripped from them as a consequence. The directive comes less than a week after a federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s funding freeze for local governments with sanctuary policies.
A second order aims to “strengthen and unleash” law enforcement to pursue criminals — including by equipping local agencies with surplus military equipment — while a third requires truck drivers to be proficient in English, Kate Sullivan and Skylar Woodhouse report today on CityLab. The push comes just ahead of Trump’s 100th day in office, marking the last of his 142 executive orders signed before hitting the milestone.