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As fights over deportations and ICE rage on, President Trump recently announced his intention to cut federal payments to sanctuary cities and states that resist his administration’s immigration policies.
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From Just the News:
The move comes amid heightened tensions between the public and federal law enforcement officials and immigration officers over the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Sanctuary cities and states vow not to cooperate with federal immigration officials in order to protect their illegal residents from deportation.
Trump made the declaration during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club, where he also claimed that the United States is at the beginning of an economic boom under his administration.
“Starting Feb. 1, we’re not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens,” Trump said. “And it breeds fraud and crime and all the other problems that come. So we’re not making any payment to anybody that supports sanctuary.”
The President also highlighted the steps his administration has taken to withhold funding from Minnesota, citing the extension fraud recently found to have occurred in the state.
As Just the News notes, this move comes amid heightened tensions between federal law enforcement and state officials. Protests and riots have raged in Minnesota since the death of an activist who struck an ICE agent with her car. The summer of 2025 also saw protests across California as demonstrators sought to push back against ICE. Across America, left-wing leaders and voters alike have strongly opposed the Trump administration’s deportations of illegal immigrant criminals.
Sanctuary policies endanger citizens by preventing federal law enforcement from removing dangerous criminals. President Trump, however, is doing everything he can to push back on these policies and hold the officials responsible for them accountable. Let’s pray that state and city officials would work with ICE agents to keep our nation safe, not against them!
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(Excerpt from Just the News. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
