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NYC Mayor prepared to go to court to fight 'sanctuary city' executive order

CNN: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said his city will use the courts to fight President Donald Trump's executive order to block federal funding going to "sanctuary cities," following executive action Trump announced Wednesday. "If an attempt is made to do that, we will go to court immediately for an injunction to stop it," de Blasio added. "We believe the executive order is vague and in some ways contradictory." What are sanctuary cities, and can they be defunded? Trump signed Wednesday an executive order that he hopes will crack down and strip funding from "sanctuary cities," a term used for jurisdictions with policies that limit cooperation between or involvement with federal immigration enforcement actions.

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