Philadelphia beats U.S. appeal in sanctuary city case

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



FEBRUARY 15, 2019 / 12:53 PM / UPDATED 31 MINUTES AGO

Jonathan Stempel
3 MIN READ

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court said on Friday the Trump administration cannot cut off grants to Philadelphia for its refusal to cooperate with immigration authorities seeking to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally.

In a 3-0 decision, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said the U.S. attorney general lacked power to condition that city’s receipt of $1.6 million for local law enforcement on its compliance with three new requirements.

These included alerting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials when undocumented immigrants are being released from prison, providing access to interview immigrants, and barring the withholding of immigrants’ citizenship status.

Several other “sanctuary cities” have also opposed to the requirements, and Chicago, New York and San Francisco have won court rulings blocking their enforcement.

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[iluvtennis]

1. Excellent news

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Good

Because this reasserts the fact that Congress is the one that programs and allocates money for specific things and often for specific reasons. And these things can't ad hoc dismissed or added to by the Executive Branch as criteria beyond what Congress has authorized for receipt of those funds.

If Congress wants to authorize funding with some stipulation such as "cooperation with" (partnership) for immigration issues, then that is up to them.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Good, a precedent.

Now the other cities can win too.