Portland joins Seattle in challenging Trump's sanctuary cities order
Saying that the values of cities like Portland and Seattle are "under attack," Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler today announced that Portland has joined its northern neighbor in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's sanctuary cities executive order.
“It’s not merely that our cities’ values are under attack, it’s that these attacks are against the law,” Wheeler said, in a release. “Together, we are standing up for our values and the Constitution.”
According to the release, the cities filed an amended claim in the Western District of Washington this week seeking a declaration that they are "acting consistently with federal law and that the U.S. Constitution precludes application of the executive order to deny them federal funds to which they are otherwise entitled."
Trump's order would strip federal funding from cities that refuse to help the federal government with immigration enforcement.
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