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Trump prepares to block funding for sanctuary cities in pursuit of mass deportation
President-elect Donald Trump's advisors are drawing up plans to strip federal funding from cities that do not comply with the administration's deportation policies, three sources familiar with the conversations told The Washington Post.
Many of the president-elect's allies have also discussed the idea publicly, with billionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-leader of Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency" emerging as a chief advocate. He and Elon Musk have been charged by Trump with slashing federal spending across all departments, and they might accomplish some of that goal by blocking federal money from being dispersed in particular jurisdictions.
“Not an iota, not a cent of government spending should go to subsidize this. Not to sanctuary cities, not to federal aid to people who are in this country illegally, and we’re going to see a large number, by the millions, of self-deportations as well," Ramaswamy said earlier this month on ABC's "This Week."
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"Sanctuary cities" refer to municipalities that do not enforce federal policy on deportations, such as by denying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to jails. Supporters of........
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