Judge Ruled Cutting Federal Grants From Cities For Limiting Cooperation With ICE Illegal, Setting Precedent For Similar State Bills

Wisconsin's State Senate Bill 275, known as the Sanctuary City Bill will face the same fate as Trump's Executive Order cutting federal grants from cities who limit cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 21, 2017

San Francisco, California - On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick permanently ruled and set precedent that the Trump Executive Order to cut federal grants from cities who limit cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  (ICE) was illegal. Judge Orrick's ruling set precedent and could very well make it illegal for states to pass legislation cutting share revenue funding to cities as well who also limit cooperation with ICE. 

Republican senators in the State of Wisconsin Labor and Regulatory Reform Committee recently approved by a 3-2 vote to move forward Senate Bill 275, known as the anti-Sanctuary City Bill that prohibit cities, townships and county governments from enacting resolutions banning employees and local Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) from enforcing federal immigration laws by cutting (reducing) share revenue funding by $500 to $5,000 per-day depending on the population size for each local government found to limit or probit employees and LEA cooperation with ICE.

SB 275 is now on hold and waiting to be scheduled for debate on the state Senate floor once it gets scheduled in January 2018. If SB 275/AB 190 are passed in both the State Senate and the State Assembly, which are in Republican controlled today and signed into law by Governor Scott Walker (R), the anti-Sanctuary City Bill will definitely be challenged in court as well.

An SB 275 similar bill, AB 190 has been also proposed in the State Assembly, but remains in the Local Government Committee for now.

AB 190 relates to prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit the enforcement of federal or state law relating to illegal aliens or immigration status, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, providing a reduction in shared revenue payments, and creating governmental liability for damages caused by illegal aliens.