Kelly said it would be difficult to justify immigration enforcement grants to cities that refuse to cooperate.

He says he was at a wedding when the vote happened so got marked down as “yes.”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired a broadside at so-called sanctuary cities Monday, telling reporters local policies of noncooperation with immigration authorities are dangerous and will cost communities federal funding.

Questions have been raised about the accuracy of ICE's reported data.

The Trump administration is moving beyond rhetoric in its effort to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities, saying the president has no authority to attach new conditions to federal spending.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday signed a bill that would ban sanctuary cities in the state of Texas. Abbott signed the bill live on Facebook Live Sunday evening.

The city says the Justice Department’s new qualifications for federal grant money are “unauthorized and unconstitutional.”

The temporary ruling prevents the state from going ahead with controversial provisions that were to go into effect on Friday.

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Justice Department from withholding grant funds from places that don't provide immigration authorities access to local jails or give advance notice when people suspected of being in the country illegally are to be released…

Federal immigration agents are targeting "sanctuary jurisdictions" including Cook County, arresting nearly 500 people this week during a four-day nationwide sweep.

A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked President Donald Trump's executive order to cut funding from cities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities.