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.
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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.”
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.”
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.
Immigrants plan to walk off their Philly restaurant jobs on Feb. 16
And Stephen Starr tells us he won’t punish anyone who participates: “It’s sad that it has come to this.”
Penn, Swarthmore and what it really means to be a ‘sanctuary campus’
“The idea that the entire campus is protected from ICE is probably not legally how it’s going to play out.”
Philly’s sanctuary city status vs. Harrisburg and DC: A controversy, explained
There’s been a lot of movement this week.
With Trump around the corner, Philly City Council claps back
“We want everybody in Philadelphia to know that nothing has changed, and we are still here to protect you.”
Trump signs executive order to strip federal grants from sanctuary cities like Philly
In response, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said “we have no plans to change our immigration policy.”
Amy Gutmann: Penn is a sanctuary campus and we’ll protect undocumented students
The president emailed staff and students today.