Trump Says He’ll End Sanctuary City Payments By Month’s End (2)

President Donald Trump said he would cut off federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities at the end of the month in the latest escalation over immigration policy with Democratic jurisdictions.

Trump said his administration had also given “90-day notices” to states like California who would bill the federal government to defray costs associated with caring for new migrants.

“Additionally, starting February 1, we’re not making any payments to sanctuary cities,” Trump said, delivering an economic address in Detroit. “They do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens, and it breeds fraud and crime and all of ...