On September 5, 2017, President Trump’s acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine C. Duke, issued what many have been dreading since he took office: a Memorandum rescinding the Obama administration’s program known as DACA, or Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals. DACA was put in place on June 15, 2012 by way of the document titled […]
Update on current sanctuary city litigation
On January 20, 2017, President Trump was inaugurated. Not even a week later, on January 25, 2017, he issued this third executive order, Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States (Sanctuary City EO) on the grounds that “[s]anctuary jurisdictions across the United States willfully violate Federal law” when they “attempt to shield […]
Sanctuary city litigation expands to oppose new conditions on the receipt of federal funds
In our last blog, we provided an update on the lawsuits addressing the January 25, 2017 Sanctuary City Executor Order, Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States. While these play out, other sanctuary cities have joined the fray, in response to the US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ July 25, 2017 announcement setting […]
