JUDGE ORRICK EXTENDS INJUNCTION, BLOCKS DOJ BID TO STRIP FUNDS FROM SANCTUARY CITIES

U.S. District Judge William Orrick extended a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from withholding or conditioning federal grants to sanctuary jurisdictions. The order targets provisions in recent executive actions and related agency steps that threatened to cut funds unless localities cooperated with immigration enforcement. The ruling echoes Orrick’s prior decisions and lands amid a separate multi-state lawsuit challenging DOJ’s attempt to tie VOCA funds to immigration cooperation.