Two Massachusetts sanctuary cities say in a new lawsuit that the Trump administration’s campaign to take federal funding away from localities that don’t support its policies on illegal immigration are unconstitutional and violate federal law.
The administration’s threatened defunding of services, including police forces, undermines the cities’ efforts to enhance the safety of their own communities through well-considered law enforcement efforts and policy judgments, the complaint filed Sunday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts by Chelsea, Mass., and Somerville, Mass., says.
The administration’s campaign against sanctuary cities threatens to take federal funds from those that refuse ...