Thursday, January 26, 2017

NYC Mayor: 'We will go to court immediately' if funding halted over 'sanctuary city' executive order

CNN reports:
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said his city will use the courts to fight President Donald Trump's executive order to block federal funding going to "sanctuary cities," following executive action Trump announced Wednesday.

"We think it's very susceptible to legal challenge," he told CNN's Alisyn Camerota Thursday on "New Day." "If they make an attempt to pull that money, it will be from NYPD, from security funding to fight terrorism."

"If an attempt is made to do that, we will go to court immediately for an injunction to stop it," de Blasio added. "We believe the executive order is vague and in some ways contradictory."
Comrade de Blasio is concerned....