San Diego has joined a lawsuit challenging Trump administration threats to withhold grant funding from jurisdictions that won’t cooperate with immigration enforcement.
The lawsuit, originally filed in Northern California last month by a coalition of cities and counties, has been amended to add several new plaintiffs. In all, they represent jurisdictions in six states.
The complaint alleges that withholding the funds is unconstitutional and that during President Donald Trump’s first term, federal courts ruled against his administration on the same issue of actions against so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions.”
Along with threats of withholding funds, the administration has sued cities that it claims have obstructed federal authorities from carrying out immigration enforcement.
Like the other plaintiffs, San Diego does not describe itself as a sanctuary city, but rather a “welcoming city” that does not “place any obstacles on federal officials seeking to enforce federal immigration laws within its boundaries,” according to the complaint.
In addition to Santa Clara County and the City and County of San Francisco, the initial lawsuit included Portland, Oregon and New Haven, Connecticut, along with King County in Washington, according to the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office.
The amended suit, filed Thursday, includes San Diego, San José, Oakland, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, Emeryville and Monterey County, along with Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Seattle.
San Diego receives U.S. Department of Justice grants for law enforcement and public safety initiatives, which are at risk. Losing those funds would “cause significant harm” to residents because the city is in the midst of a budget deficit, according to a statement from the City Attorney’s Office.
“This is about protecting and preserving the vital services that San Diegans rely on every day,” City Attorney Heather Ferbert said in a statement. “By joining this lawsuit alongside 15 other local jurisdictions, we’re making it clear to the administration that we won’t back down in the face of their threats and we will defend our residents while upholding the state and federal laws that protect them.”
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