
Posts tagged with Sanctuary cities

Le Virtú's owner says Billy Ciancaglini's posts are inciting harassment.

Punishment for ‘sanctuary cities’ moves forward in PA legislature
A bill that passed the Senate last year was overhauled in House committee.
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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...
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

Philly’s 8-year battle to be a sanctuary city
Philadelphia just won a major victory. Here's how we got to this point.

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."

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.