Seattle is suing the federal government over President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on so-called “sanctuary cities,” Mayor Ed Murray said Wednesday.
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| Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says the city is suing the federal government, arguing that President Donald Trump’s executive order on “sanctuary cities” violates the Constitution.
The announcement comes two days after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice would turn up the pressure and withhold grants from “sanctuary” jurisdictions for not doing more to help the Trump administration capture and deport people living in the U.S. illegally.
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The president is waging “war on cities,” Murray said during Wednesday’s announcement of the lawsuit.
Trump’s Jan. 25 executive order said certain cities and other local governments “willfully violate federal law in an attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States.”
Read Daniel Beekman’s story in The Seattle Times - “Seattle sues Trump administration over ‘sanctuary cities’ order.”
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