There’s no guarantee the funding will be released. President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to cut off all federal money to immigration sanctuaries to the extent it legally can. That would rip billions of dollars from some of California’s largest cities, from Los Angeles to the Bay Area.

Former President Joe Biden spent four years suing Republican-led states over border crackdowns that defied his federal policy. Now, President Donald Trump is turning the tables — taking sanctuary states and cities to court in an attempt to force compliance with his own federal immigration enforcement.

The Trump administration is making moves to withhold U.S. Department of Justice funds from cities and states with "sanctuary" laws the administration claims thwart federal efforts to enforce immigration laws.

The counties of San Francisco and Santa Clara in California in addition to King County, Washington and the cities of Portland, Oregon and New Haven, Connecticut have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration alleging it has threatened and unlawfully targeted sanctuary jurisdictions,

San Francisco, joined by a coalition of jurisdictions, is filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its threats to punish sanctuary cities that do not assist in immigration enforcement.

A coalition of U.S. cities and counties on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to force so-called sanctuary jurisdictions to cooperate with his immigration crackdown and mass deportations.

The City of San Francisco is leading a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its crackdown on sanctuary cities and states and its threat to cut off federal funding.

A coalition of cities and counties in blue states have sued the Trump administration over alleged threats and "illegal targeting" of sanctuary cities.