President Trump suggested that more federal bailout money for states and municipalities struggling through the coronavirus crisis could be tied to their sanctuary city policies by theothersarahh
President Trump suggested Tuesday that more federal bailout money for states and municipalities struggling through the coronavirus crisis could be tied to their sanctuary city policies, and that such bailouts would be “unfair” to those states that have managed their budgets well.
Sanctuary cities like New York, San Francisco, or Baltimore are places within the U.S. that limit their cooperation with federal immigration officials to locate and deport undocumented immigrants; they have become a political sticking point—and bargaining chip—for Trump during his presidency.from sanctuary cities after a lengthy court battle.
Trump also suggested that bailouts across the board would be unfair to those states that have managed their budgets well: “We’re not looking to recover 25 years of bad management to give them the money that they lost,” he said. He also brought up the issue during a meeting with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday morning: “I think there's a big difference with a state that lost money because of covid and a state that's been run very badly for 25 years,” heLast year, Governor DeSantis signed a bill banning sanctuary cities in the state of Florida, a move that solicited
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