A federal judge on Monday permanent blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that attempted to cut funding to so-called sanctuary cities, another legal blow to White House efforts to ramp up deportations and curb undocumented immigration. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco called Trump’s January order “unconstitutional on its face” in his ruling, which made permanent his injunction from April. “The counties have demonstrated that the executive order has caused and will cause them constitutional injuries by violating the separation of powers doctrine and depriving them of their Tenth and Fifth Amendment rights,” Orrick wrote. The city and county of San Francisco and the county of Santa Clara had argued they could lose billions of dollars in federal funds each year. “This president and his administration have been trying to twist facts, stoke fears and demonize immigrants to score cheap political points.

Source: Huffington Post November 21, 2017 04:16 UTC