Protesters gather outside a courthouse in San Francisco in April before arguments in the first lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order on so-called sanctuary cities. (Haven Daley/AP)A federal judge issued an injunction to permanently block President Trump’s executive order to deny funding to cities that refused to cooperate with federal immigration officials, after finding the order unconstitutional. “The Constitution vests the spending powers in Congress, not the President, so the Executive Order cannot constitutionally place new conditions on federal funds. “What is amazing about this is the thoroughness with which he dismisses the executive order,” she said. Read more:How sanctuary cities work, and how Trump’s stalled executive order might affect themThe president attacked her son.

Source: Washington Post November 21, 2017 06:11 UTC