BREAKING: DOJ announces it will WITHHOLD federal grant money to Sanctuary Cities

by The Right Scoop

Attorney General Jeff Sessions opened today’s White House briefing with a stern warning to sanctuary cities that federal DOJ grant money will be withheld if they are not in compliance with 8 U.S. Code § 1373, which basically says that sanctuary cities can’t withhold or ignore information on illegals from the INS:

Here’s the text of 8 U.S. Code § 1373:

(a) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, a Federal, State, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.

(b) Additional authority of government entities
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, no person or agency may prohibit, or in any way restrict, a Federal, State, or local government entity from doing any of the following with respect to information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual:

(1) Sending such information to, or requesting or receiving such information from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(2) Maintaining such information.
(3) Exchanging such information with any other Federal, State, or local government entity.

(c) Obligation to respond to inquiries
The Immigration and Naturalization Service shall respond to an inquiry by a Federal, State, or local government agency, seeking to verify or ascertain the citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the jurisdiction of the agency for any purpose authorized by law, by providing the requested verification or status information.

So in other words, Sessions is going to withhold what federal money he has under DOJ authority to sanctuary cities.

I’m not sure how much money this really is or how much of a dent this will make in the budgets of Sanctuary Cities, but it’s certainly a big step in the right direction.

I also believe it sets a precedent and provides legal justification for other federal agencies to now do the same.

Here’s the full video from Sessions:


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