Billy Penn in Harrisburg

Punishment for ‘sanctuary cities’ moves forward in PA legislature

A bill that passed the Senate last year was overhauled in House committee.

Undocumented mother Carmela Hernandez left her North Philly church sanctuary this morning and showed up at Sen. Casey’s office demanding help

So far, ICE has not arrested her...

Krasner’s DAO

After US Attorney McSwain slammed Philly’s sanctuary city policies, DA Krasner clapped back: ‘The Trump administration has made it so that immigrant children can get raped because they’re afraid to call the police’

A U.S. appeals court in California has ruled that Trump’s threat to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities is unconstitutional

The case was sent back to a lower court for more hearings

The anti-ICE protesters camped outside the Philly office elaborate on a main demand — that the mayor refuse to renew the city’s data sharing contract

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Sanctuary policies are wrong, writes Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a totally unsurprising Inquirer op-ed

Philly’s 8-year battle to be a sanctuary city

Philadelphia just won a major victory. Here's how we got to this point.

Mayor Jim Kenney is prettttty happy about the court’s sanctuary city decision

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Philadelphia is getting legal support from other cities in its ‘sanctuary city’ court battle with the Feds

The City of Philadelphia is refusing to compromise with the Trump administration in its court battle to remain a ‘sanctuary city’

What Jeff Sessions’ latest sanctuary cities funding threat could mean for Philly

A memo from the "beleaguered" Attorney General targets a grant that's meant more than $5 million to the city.

Judge blocks Trump order seeking to strip funds from sanctuary cities like Philly

The federal judge called the executive order an "ominous, misleading, and ultimately toothless threat."

Delaware’s largest public school network becomes a sanctuary district

State Rep. Chris Rabb would like PA to be a sanctuary state

US Attorney General to Philly, sanctuary cities: ‘End this policy’ or lose millions

The city could lose funding that goes to domestic violence arrest support and rape kits.

Philly can lose hundreds of millions under Martina White sanctuary cities bill

"Zero dollars, literally zero dollars, will be withheld if (Mayor Kenney) just complies."

Two global law firms will be working with Philly to research & defend its sanctuary policy

Philly’s mayor is heading to SXSW: It’s ‘one of the things I was elected to do’

Jim Kenney, Twitter expert, attends the festival where the social network was born.

Penn president declines to use the term ‘sanctuary campus’ in interview with student newspaper

In response to anti-sanctuary campus bill, students protest outside of the offices of 9 PA lawmakers