Minnesota Sanctuary Cities Join Effort To Stop Trump From Holding Them ‘Hostage’ to Immigration Crackdown

Attorney General Bondi has ordered a pause on federal funding for cities with sanctuary policies.

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Protesters stand with signs an St. Paul, Minnesota. Protesters rallied in front of the St. Paul Capitol to demand reform at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Two cities in Minnesota are joining a lawsuit filed by San Francisco over the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities as a growing number of municipalities complain about the effort to force them to cooperate with immigration enforcement operations. 

St. Paul and Minneapolis signed onto the San Francisco lawsuit, and claimed their sanctuary city status does not oppose federal immigration enforcement. 

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